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Post by Admin on Jul 7, 2024 16:37:50 GMT
The striking feature France's politics today - apart from the unprecedented strength of the far right - is that it is no longer a left-right contest. This election is a three-way duel between left-wingers, pro-Macron centrists, and the hard right. Think of it as a scene from a Tarantino movie where each gunman has to keep an eye on two deadly rivals. Versions of that fight have been been playing out in 577 constituencies all over France for the past week. To make it to the second round, a candidate must gather enough in the first. Runs-off have traditionally been between two candidates. But this time around a whopping 306 constituencies have seen three candidates qualify (there were only eight such "triangulaires" races in the last election in 2022 and just one in 2017). Tactical withdrawals have reduced the number of three-way battles to 89. But that is still a huge number - and there are two four-way races. This makes the result harder to predict than ever. Only when the dust settles we will know who has survived.
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Post by Admin on Jul 7, 2024 17:46:56 GMT
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Post by Admin on Jul 7, 2024 17:58:57 GMT
Paris – Marine Le Pen has emphasised that a National Rally-led government would not deploy French military personnel to Ukraine if elected, she said earlier in a CNN-interview.
Marine Le Pen, the figurehead of the French far-right National Rally (RN) party, told CNN that if her party wins the upcoming parliamentary elections, her government will prohibit Ukrainian forces from using long-range French weapons to strike Russian territory.
This stance contrasts with current President Emmanuel Macron's policy, which permits such usage as part of France's military aid to Ukraine.
France votes in legislative elections on Sunday, July 7, that will be decisive in determining its political future. The far-right could become the largest party in parliament for the first time.
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Post by Admin on Jul 7, 2024 18:03:07 GMT
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Post by Admin on Jul 7, 2024 19:14:41 GMT
The first projections in the 2024 French legislative election say leftists have won most seats. The surprise projections put President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist alliance in second and the far right in third.
There are growing crowds at République plaza, where the French left traditionally gathers. It erupted in cheers after surprise projections showed a leftist coalition ahead in legislative elections and the far right in third.
The leftist coalition quickly formed in response to speculation that the far-right, anti-immigration National Rally would surge to a historic victory.
“It’s important that France, one of the founders of the EU, doesn’t have a bad image in the world, the image of a country led by populists,” said Marie Lippini, a 24-year-old student from Aix en Provence.
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