Posted on 07/07/2024 10:46:34 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
France was awaiting the results of a runoff parliamentary election on Sunday that drew high voter turnout and was likely to bring major change to the nation’s political landscape while weakening the centrist President Emmanuel Macron.
The far-right National Rally party, long marginalized by voters, drew the most support in the first round of voting last Sunday, and in this second and final round was hoping to win an absolute majority in the National Assembly, the powerful lower house of Parliament. The party’s leader, Jordan Bardella, has appealed to voters’ anger over issues like inflation and immigration.
Mr. Macron’s party, Renaissance, and its allies placed a distant third in the first round last week. That turned the vote on Sunday into a race between the National Rally and the New Popular Front, a newly formed coalition of left-wing parties, which came in a strong second.
Mr. Macron called the elections for the 577-seat National Assembly last month in a risky gamble that appeared to have largely backfired after the first round of voting.
Most polls closed at 6 p.m. local time (noon Eastern) on Sunday, or as late as 8 p.m. in larger cities. Nationwide seat projections by polling institutes, based on preliminary results, are expected just after 8 p.m. Official results will come in throughout the night.
Here’s what else to know:
How it works: If the National Rally and its allies win a majority of seats in the National Assembly, Mr. Macron would have little choice but to appoint a prime minister from that party.
Key players: Mr. Macron’s Renaissance party is expected to lose many seats in the National Assembly, and the left-wing New Popular Front has focused its supporters on stopping the National Rally from getting an absolute majority.
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PS - The New York Times is a Potemkin news source. It looks like a legitimate source of information, but isn't. Article presented for entertainment purposes only.
That must be nice, getting results right after their cast.
Gee , the US has 161 million registered voters and France has 49 million. And the US has election laws enacted by states, rather than a federal system. Also, the US has a 66% voter turnout versus France’s less then 50%. It’s just math.
“Far right” = people who believe in borders and have other outrageous beliefs as well.
I guess that also means that folks like you and me are "far right" just because we believe in a society built on Judeo/Christian principles.
The New York Slimes looks like a credible source of information?
Evidently you didn't read even comment #1.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4249494/posts?page=1#1
Odd name for a party inviting in the modern day Huns and Goths for a new Dark Age.
National Rally came in third - France is lost
It took 6 people to write this tabloid fluff and that last guy is 5 of them.
I did. Only liberals would make the mistake of seeing the Slimes as credible; Freepers know the rag’s real reputation.
So you didn't read my disclaimer in comment #1.
Do you never read anything because you already know everything?
“far right” Translation: Normal people.
“ Final results: The leftist coalition has taken the most seats in parliament. Emmanuel Macron’s centrists came in second and Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally is third.”
No party has a majority, but it looks like a far-left coalition will make one.
“ According to the second-round results tallied early Monday, a leftist coalition surged to take the most seats in parliament, with 182. Macron’s centrists have 168 seats and the unpopular president will have to form alliances to run the government. Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally, which had led in the first round of voting, got 143 seats.”
Good luck with that - here’s what the far-left has promised (from AP):
Ahead of Sunday’s vote, the leaders of the alliance’s four main parties promised unwavering support for Ukraine. They also promised to reverse a law that raised the retirement age from 62 to 64, raise the minimum wage, adjust salaries and pensions with the inflation rate, and freeze food and energy prices to boost people’s purchasing power.
Macron is a centrist?
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