2024-07-08 08:25:32
Polling stations opened in France to vote in the second round of legislative elections, amid fierce competition between the three blocs.
“These elections are historic and may bring the far right to power or produce an out-of-control National Assembly, but they will certainly change the political landscape in France,” AFP reported.
According to opinion polls, the competition is intense between the three blocs: the National Rally party and its allies on the far right, the “New Popular Front” alliance on the left, and President Emmanuel Macron’s camp on the center-right.
Polls indicate that “the far right will win 170 to 210 seats in the new National Assembly, far from the absolute majority set at 289 deputies, followed by the “New Popular Front” with 155 to 185 seats, then Macron’s camp, which is likely to win between 95 and 125 seats.”
For his part, Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, who is leading the presidential camp’s campaign, warned that “the danger today is a majority controlled by the extreme right, this would be a disastrous project.”
For her part, the leader of the far-right, Marine Le Pen, denounced the maneuvers of a “single party” that brings together “those who want to remain in power against the will of the people.” “If she wins her bet and obtains a sufficient majority, the leader of the National Rally, Jordan Bardella, 28 years old, who has a strongly anti-immigration program, will assume the presidency of the first far-right government that France has known since World War II.”
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