“Ni droite, Ni gauche, Français!”

The chapter investigates the rationale behind the distinction between ‘Globalists’ and ‘Patriots’ brought forward by Marine Le Pen. In particular, it argues that far right parties have ideological and strategic reasons to reject the Left/Right dichotomy and replace it with one that is more compatible with their worldview. While this new distinction may not be readily included in political analysis, it points towards the incorporation of a new cleavage between ‘open’ and ‘closed’ societies in political discourse. In the long term, this could represent a direct challenge both to the Left/Right distinction and to what it embodies in symbolic terms.