Following a massive rise of Islamophobia and anti-migrant rhetoric in France and emboldened by the victory of Donald Trump on a racist platform, the Front National's Marine Le Pen is in the strongest position in the party's history in advance of the Presidential elections on 23rd April.

The prospect of a party with it's roots in fascist Vichy France and a former leader convicted of holocaust denial taking national power is a terrifying one for all anti-fascists.

The day after the first round takes place, we call on all those who oppose fascism to join us to stand firm against the return of fascism in Europe and call on the maximum possible mobilisation to defeat Le Pen in the second round.