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From the Liveblog of
Sunday, June 30, 2024
From the Liveblog of
Sunday, June 30, 2024
Le Pen wants ‘absolute majority’ for far-right so National Rally chief Bardella can become French premier
Former president of the French far-right Rassemblement National (RN) parliamentary group Marine Le Pen gives a speech during the results evening of the first round of the parliamentary elections in Henin-Beaumont, northern France, on June 30, 2024. (Francois Lo Presti/AFP)
France’s longtime far-right leader Marine Le Pen calls on voters to give her National Rally (RN) an absolute majority in the second round of parliamentary elections, so party chief Jordan Bardella can become premier.
“Nothing is won and the second round is decisive,” Le Pen tells supporters after the RN came out on top in the first round of snap polls. “We need an absolute majority so that in eight days, Jordan Bardella is named prime minister by (French President) Emmanuel Macron.”
According to polling estimates, France’s far right won the first round of pivotal legislative elections today with the centrist forces of French President Emmanuel Macron coming in only third, behind the left, after the highest turnout in over four decades.
