Presidential candidates fortunes changing, perhaps

Front National is not a solution! But neither seem to be the other candidates. What the two big states in Europe (France and Germany) are desperately in need of is a political party telling more than the same old story. China has one party telling one story, Germany and France have a number of them telling the same story in nuances. Now, people like LePen tell a different story, but thank you, no. It is playing with fire. In the absence of real visions and a unified front of politicians refusing an own profile things are drifiting towards radicalisation. The question is, will transition to another political system be possible from within, and if so, will it be peaceful? I share your implicit viewpoint that inside the European electorate a tectonical tension is building that will make results ever more unpredictable, that holds the potential for a political earthquake. The strenest warning to date has been the rejection of the EU-constitution by the voters in France and Holland and the business as usual with which especially German politicians try to wipe this strong expression of discontent off the table. Ignorant policies are the breeding ground for the LePens. The usual blame-game (i.e. blaming the voters for voting extreme in the absence of anyone listening to their story) is like blaming the bacteria for being on a kitchen sponge. One can do it, but it is hardly going to change anything unless one responds to the problem instead of blaming the symptoms.