Conservative Parties surge in EU elections. Macron panics, calls snap election., page-15

"Anything that isn't extremely right is considered "leftist". It works both ways."

It's the 'far-right' tag that's the dog whistle. Slightly right-of-centre parties/people are tagged 'far-right' in a stale attempt to smear.

All good, most people see through it and it just exposes those that use the term as narrative-pushers rather than honest actors.