[ScaniaBoy]

In all likelihood the best FN and LePen can hope for is to reach a second round in the upcoming presidential election. In a second round (possibly against the Socialist contender Ségolène Royal) most conservatives will either stay at home or vote for the Socialists - unless the election takes place under exceptional circumstances, such as riots in the suburbs.

[ScaniaBoy]

Of course if Le Pen should win the EU is dead. There is no way they could treat France like they ttreated Austria. However, as I wrote above, I don't think there are many europhiles who lose sleep over this scenario. Most unlikely.

[Philistone]

That is, unfortunately, a possibility. That LePen could siphon enough votes from Sarkozy to push Segolene Royal (who makes Cindy Sheehan sound like a MENSA member) into the run-off.

What is likely to happen is rather that Sarkozy begins to sound more and more like LePen without the overt racism.

My $.02

[NZerFromHK]

If Ségolène Royal became president, it would be "business as usual" as France sleepwalks to some scenarios the pundits "didn't anticipate", to put it in a euphemistic way.