Marine Le Pen's Far-Right National Rally Surges in Snap Election
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Published 2024-07-01
France’s far right has won the first round of voting in a snap election, followed closely by the left, as President Emmanuel Macron’s coalition is trounced. We go to Paris for an update as the far-right National Rally party of Marine Le Pen shocked the French establishment after winning the most votes in the first round of parliamentary elections on Sunday. A broad alliance of left-wing parties calling itself the New Popular Front came second, while President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist bloc fell to third place. Macron called the snap election after the National Rally won the most seats in last month’s vote for European Parliament, even though his own presidential term runs until 2027. A second round of voting on July 7 will decide the final makeup of the National Assembly, but if the National Rally wins outright, it will mark the first time the far right has governed in France since the Nazi occupation during World War II. “This decision was timed at a moment when the far right was at its strongest historical position in modern French political history, and they’ve capitalized on that,” says Harrison Stetler, an independent journalist and teacher based in Paris. He says that while the left has already committed to forming “a republican front against the far right,” Macron’s centrist forces have sent “mixed signals” on joining forces after a campaign in which they recklessly portrayed both the left and the right as equally dangerous to the country.
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All Comments (21)
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Not far-right, just right. Who is doing all the rioting in France right now?
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Not one French flag in those leftist rallies
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If you are not in the financial market space right now, you are making a huge mistake. I understand that it could be due to ignorance, but if you want to make your money work for you... prevent inflation
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Does this seem far right? It's from The National Rally's own Website in their list of 22 Measures for 2024. "Exempt all young workers up to the age of 30 from income tax so that they can stay in France and start their families here. Eliminate corporate tax for entrepreneurs under 30 for the first 5 years to prevent them from leaving for abroad."
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If every country put there own citizens first, the world would be a much better place.
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If this is Far Right then Far Right means: Intelligent, common sense, loves God, protects family, men are men and women are women, protects country, allows free speech, in Anti-Gaslighting, Anti narcissistic, Anti Bullying, and they don't go around De-valuing everyone with Value so they can look better! Yes let's do this Far Right! From Detroit with Love!
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The Right is Right ,
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If they won then they are not the far right, they are the center.
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HE'S GOT ELIZABETH HOLMES ENERGY!
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Show all the violent protests
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It’s not the “far right”. It’s just “right”.
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The guest likes to hear himself speak.
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So is everything far now? There is no left or right or central? Just far everything?
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The people spoke , but the media still won’t listen
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The young votes with emotion, the mature population who have wisdom and livelihoods, vote with logic.
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they want you to just give your country away. Dont
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interesting times in France
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This world is going to shit
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If the far right is there as they say, then there is a domestic issue requiring a balance to be restored and at times, over corrected but you can’t push the limit too far to the left and not expect the pendulum to swing hard the other direction.
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Great analysis. One we in the U.S. should note.
