News24 | 'Seismic political shift': Advantage to French right wing as second round voting begins
Sunday, 7 July 2024 France went to the polls for the second round of a crunch election that is expected to leave the far right as the dominant force in a divided and paralysed parliament.
France faces a political turnaround with no party winning an outright majority in the second round of the parliamentary election. The right-wing National Rally party (RN), linked to Marine Le Pen, finished third with 143 seats, while the New Popular Front (NFP) and President Macronβs Ensemble...
French polling stations open as the second round of early legislative elections gets underway. The historic vote could see the far-right Rassemblement National (RN) emerge victorious, although there is..