Mabel Berezin

sociology professor at Cornell University where she studies right-wing and nationalist European politics

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Violent protests have died down in France after the police killing of 17-year-old Nahel Merzouk. But now the country’s far-right seems to have an opening.

Is France having a George Floyd moment?

Violent protests have died down in France after the police killing of 17-year-old Nahel Merzouk. But now the country’s far-right seems to have an opening.

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