{"id":23577,"date":"2024-07-02T01:44:20","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T22:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/?p=23577"},"modified":"2024-07-02T01:44:21","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T22:44:21","slug":"frances-far-right-party-gains-major-victory-in-first-round-of-snap-parliamentary-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/frances-far-right-party-gains-major-victory-in-first-round-of-snap-parliamentary-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"France\u2019s far-right party gains major victory in first round of snap parliamentary elections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

France’s far-right National Rally (RN) party, led by Marine Le Pen, won a decisive victory in the first round of the country’s snap parliamentary elections.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to official results released by the French Ministry of Interior, the RN and its allies garnered approximately 33 percent of the vote, outpacing the left-wing New Popular Front (NFP) coalition, which secured about 28 percent, and President Emmanuel Macron\u2019s centrist Ensemble alliance, which managed around 20 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The outcome puts the RN in a potentially strong position to form a government, although opposition forces across the political spectrum have signaled their intent to unite to block the far-right party in the second round of voting scheduled for July 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The snap election was called by Macron following the RN’s unexpected success in the European Parliament elections last month. Macron, perhaps underestimating the RN\u2019s national appeal, gambled that the anti-immigration party with historical ties to anti-Semitism would falter in the broader national elections. However, this strategy appears to have backfired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In her Henin-Beaumont constituency in northern France, Marine Le Pen celebrated with her supporters, who waved French flags. \u201cThe French have shown their willingness to turn the page on a contemptuous and corrosive power,\u201d Le Pen told the cheering crowd, signaling a shift in the national mood.<\/p>\n\n\n

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France\u2019s far-right National Rally party leader Marine Le Pen with her supporters. (Image Credit: X\/@MLP_officiel)<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

RN president Jordan Bardella, who is also the party’s candidate for prime minister, described the upcoming second round as \u201cthe most important in the history of the French Fifth Republic.\u201d He criticized Macron\u2019s party for being “wiped out” and accused the far left of creating an \u201cexistential crisis\u201d that poses \u201ca real danger to France and all the French people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Alliance building ahead<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Sunday’s vote, 78 of the National Assembly\u2019s 577 seats were won outright by candidates securing more than 50 percent of the vote in their districts. Exit polls by several news agencies show that the RN and its allies could win between 230 and 310 seats in the second voting round on July 7, falling just short of the 289 seats needed for an absolute majority in the National Assembly, France\u2019s lower house of parliament. Le Pen and Bardella remain optimistic, chasing the goal of an absolute majority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Macron, facing the rise of the RN, has called for a \u201cbroad democratic alliance\u201d to prevent the far right from taking power. \u201cFaced with National Rally, the time has come for a broad, clearly democratic and republican alliance for the second round,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Macron emphasized the high turnout in the first round, reflecting the importance of this vote for the French people and their desire for political clarity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A vot\u00e9.

Merci \u00e0 tous ceux qui permettent le bon d\u00e9roulement du scrutin : vous faites vivre la d\u00e9mocratie. Aux urnes citoyens ! pic.twitter.com\/nep3c1wI4e<\/a><\/p>— Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) June 30, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote>