French Far-Right Wins First Round In Election [VIDEO]

June 30, 2024 News, Politics

Reuters reports:

Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally (RN) party won the first round of France’s parliamentary elections on Sunday, exit polls showed, but the final result will depend on days of horsetrading before next week’s run-off. The RN was seen winning around 34% of the vote, exit polls from showed.

That was ahead of leftist and centrist rivals, including President Emmanuel Macron’s Together alliance, whose bloc was seen winning 20.5%-23%. The New Popular Front, a hastily assembled left-wing coalition, was projected to win around 29% of the vote, the exit polls showed.

The Washington Post reports:

The projections showed National Rally narrowly falling short of a majority of seats in parliament. If it can expand its lead and win a majority in the second round of voting on July 7, it could put forward 28-year-old Jordan Bardella as the country’s first far-right prime minister since World War II and replace Macron’s pro-Europe, pro-business agenda with its populist, euroskeptic and anti-immigration platform.

Macron could stay on as president until his term expires in 2027 — and he has said he will not resign. But he wouldn’t be able to do much to prevent the adoption of nationalist laws. Alternatively, if the second round doesn’t result in a clear majority, it could paralyze French politics and make it impossible for the lower house of parliament to agree on a new government. “The French crisis has only just started,” said Gérard Araud, a former French ambassador to the United States.

The Telegraph reports:



France is on course to record its largest election turnout in over four decades in a battle between the hard-Right and Emmanuel Macron’s centrist coalition. Official forecasts put turnout at 53.39 per cent by 5pm.

There has not been such a large mobilisation of voters in France since 1981, in a contest where leading parties called on the electorate to come out to defeat their rivals. It was also up sharply on the last legislative elections in France, held in 2022.

Elections for the 577 seats in France’s National Assembly are contested over two rounds. Some 4,000 candidates are competing in the first round of voting on Sunday, but must meet specific thresholds to proceed to the second run-off state, held a week later on July 7.

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