# Lionel Jospin Up: [[Fascism, Nazism and the Left-Right Spectrum]] · [[Post Analysis - brivael on the Far Right Label (2026-10-24)|post analysis]] **Role in this topic:** quoted in brivael's reply to Le Monde - Born 1937. French Socialist prime minister 1997–2002 ◻. - *Répliques*, France Culture, Sept 29, 2007: « …tout antifascisme n'était que du théâtre. Nous avons été face à un parti, le Front National, qui était un parti d'extrême droite… mais nous n'avons jamais été dans une situation de menace fasciste… » *English translation:* "…all antifascism was only theater. We were facing a party, the National Front, which was a far-right party… but we were never in a situation of fascist threat…" - brivael quotes only the first clause. Jospin distinguished "far right" (which he affirmed) from "fascist threat" (which he denied).