Marion Maréchal: France’s Éclaireuse
The Populist Interviews: Marion Maréchal on Post-Covid Europe, French Elites, the European Union, and more
Marion Maréchal became involved in politics at a young age. At first as a
mere grassroots activist in the National Front, founded by her
grandfather, Jean-Marie Le Pen. In 2012, she got into parliament from
the party’s lists, as the youngest MP in the history of the French Fifth
Republic. In 2017, she decided to withdraw from active politics, but
only to continue to fight in the realm of ideas. She founded ISSEP
(Institut des sciences sociales, économiques et politiques) school of
political, social and economic sciences and an affiliated think tank.
She is seen by many as the hope of the French Right, as speculations of
her return to politics never seem to wane. Her speech at CPAC
in the US in 2018 introduced her to the American Right. She has a
little daughter. This year she married an Italian MEP, Vincenzo Sofo, a
member of the right-wing party Fratelli d’Italia.
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