In a way it is good that those recent policies of France: 1) whole-sale endorsement of Netanyahu; 2) close alliance and arming with the Saudi regime; 3) blatant official domestic and foreign policy Islamophobia; 4) full-scale endorsement of Jihadi rebels in Syria; that all took place under the leadership of the French socialist party. For those who think that there is a meaningful difference in Western systems between left and right.