French far right obliterates Macron’s camp in EU election
Politico EU (archive.ph)
By Victor Goury-Laffont
2024-06-09 19:53:39GMT
Jordan Bordella and Marine Le Pen. | Stephane de Sakutin/AFP via Getty Images
PARIS — The far right National Rally (RN) is projected to win the European election in France with 31.5 percent of the vote — more than twice the presidential list, a shock result which has pushed President Emmanuel Macron into calling snap elections Sunday evening.
The RN, headed by Jordan Bardella, is set to achieve its highest-ever finish in a nationwide election, while President Emmanuel Macron’s coalition party would register the second-lowest EU election finish ever for a party in French government.
“The president of the republic cannot remain deaf to the message sent this evening by the people of France,” Bardella said in front his supporters at the Parc Floral in Paris. The far right leader demanded the president call early legislative elections, pointing to the “unprecedented gap” between the main opposition party and the party in power.
Macron announced that the French National Assembly would be dissolved this month, with new elections set to be held on June 30th.
The pro-Macron list, led by Valérie Hayer, is currently at 15.2 percent — one point ahead of the social democratic list led by Raphaël Glucksmann at 14 percent, according to an estimate by polling institute Ipsos.
The center-left list of Glucksmann rose steadily throughout the campaign, closing the gap with the pro-Macron list, which failed to gather momentum despite French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal’s strong involvement. “I am proud of what have we achieved, but I don’t feel like celebrating,” Glucksmann said in response to the first estimates. “Everywhere in Europe, we are witnessing a wave that is shaking our democracy.”
The radical left France Unbowed list, led by Manon Aubry, is expected to have bagged 8.7 percent of the vote — roughly 2.5 percentage points above its 2019 finish. The conservative Les Républicains party, meanwhile, is shown receiving 7.2 percent of the tally.
The French Greens and the nationalist Reconquest movement led by Marion Maréchal are both shown around 5 percent — the minimum threshold in France to elect MEPs.
A final tally of the vote will be released later this evening.
Politico EU (archive.ph)
By Victor Goury-Laffont
2024-06-09 19:53:39GMT
Jordan Bordella and Marine Le Pen. | Stephane de Sakutin/AFP via Getty Images
PARIS — The far right National Rally (RN) is projected to win the European election in France with 31.5 percent of the vote — more than twice the presidential list, a shock result which has pushed President Emmanuel Macron into calling snap elections Sunday evening.
The RN, headed by Jordan Bardella, is set to achieve its highest-ever finish in a nationwide election, while President Emmanuel Macron’s coalition party would register the second-lowest EU election finish ever for a party in French government.
“The president of the republic cannot remain deaf to the message sent this evening by the people of France,” Bardella said in front his supporters at the Parc Floral in Paris. The far right leader demanded the president call early legislative elections, pointing to the “unprecedented gap” between the main opposition party and the party in power.
Macron announced that the French National Assembly would be dissolved this month, with new elections set to be held on June 30th.
The pro-Macron list, led by Valérie Hayer, is currently at 15.2 percent — one point ahead of the social democratic list led by Raphaël Glucksmann at 14 percent, according to an estimate by polling institute Ipsos.
The center-left list of Glucksmann rose steadily throughout the campaign, closing the gap with the pro-Macron list, which failed to gather momentum despite French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal’s strong involvement. “I am proud of what have we achieved, but I don’t feel like celebrating,” Glucksmann said in response to the first estimates. “Everywhere in Europe, we are witnessing a wave that is shaking our democracy.”
The radical left France Unbowed list, led by Manon Aubry, is expected to have bagged 8.7 percent of the vote — roughly 2.5 percentage points above its 2019 finish. The conservative Les Républicains party, meanwhile, is shown receiving 7.2 percent of the tally.
The French Greens and the nationalist Reconquest movement led by Marion Maréchal are both shown around 5 percent — the minimum threshold in France to elect MEPs.
A final tally of the vote will be released later this evening.
