Stéfanie Prezioso is Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Lausanne. She is a member of the editorial board of contretemps.eu and a member of the political movement solidaritéS in Switzerland.
The first round of the local elections took place against a backdrop of widespread creeping fascism in France and comes after a brutal offensive by the far right, during which the traditional ‘Republican’ right has decisively broken from much of its historical framework and values.