Marine Le Pen is projected to be France's next president. I think outside of France, people typically think of the French president like any other president. In reality, Charles de Gaulle designed the French presidency of the Fifth Republic to be something like an elected monarch. They have extraordinary powers that enable them to dissolve parliament, bypass parliament, manage France's nuclear arsenal alone, and make changes through national referenda rather than through a legislative process. Recently, the British newspaper The Guardian called Marine Le Pen dangerous. Is she dangerous? According to my research, much of this sentiment is associated with her father, Jean-Marie Le Pen. So in this video, we're going to look at his history, his controversies, and how his founding of the party that Marine Le Pen now runs, although it has been rebranded, is correlated with controversy today. We're also going to look at what specific policies have been proposed by Marine Le Pen, and then I'm going to leave it with you. Do you think her candidacy is "dangerous"? #news #politics #france #paris #eu