THE NUCLEAR industry has been accused of many things, but can it really be held responsible for the latest shock to hit France?
We are referring, of course, to the first round of the French presidential election, in which, to the complete astonishment even of many who voted for him, Jean-Marie Le Pen, long-time leader of France’s extreme right, came in second to the incumbent President, Jacques Chirac, meaning the two will face each other for the final run-off.
Such sudden pre-eminence for the man who called the Holocaust a “detail of history”, and wants to send France’s immigrants back…
