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French Far Right Seeks Absolute Majority Despite Polls

French Far Right Seeks Absolute Majority Despite Polls

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Marine Le Pen's National Rally (RN) achieved a significant success in the first round of French legislative elections, securing 33% of the popular vote. This was ahead of the leftwing alliance with 28% and a centrist group with 11%. However, a recent poll suggests that RN may fall short of winning an absolute majority in the second round, despite being ahead in the first round. An absolute majority requires 289 seats in the National Assembly.

Bernard Henri-Levy
Human Rights Watch
1. All the Jews I know agree they will of course never vote for France Unbowed, and they will never vote for Marine Le Pen.
2. There is absolutely no evidence of a deep change on the matter of antisemitism.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon
La France Insoumise party
1. What does Mr. Bardella want? We don't know. He says nothing. He's a good-looking guy, but what's his program? Throwing immigrants into the sea.
Jordan Bardella
National Rally
1. I don't like this word 'Great Replacement' because it's not clear, it's a very intellectual slogan, but it points to a reality which is true.
Marine Le Pen
National Rally
1. I say turn out to vote as it's a really the important moment to get a change in politics in all the areas that are making you suffer right now.
2. We have a serious chance of having an absolute majority in the national assembly.
3. I think there is still the capacity to have an absolute majority with the electorate turning out in a final effort to get what they want.
Giorgia Meloni
Brothers of Italy
1. I congratulate the Rassemblement National and its allies for the clear success.
Marta Lorimer
University of Cardiff
1. His identity based in a migrant background is all part of a certain 'Bardella mythology,'
2. That is precisely one of the things that made him attractive (...) that he seems to represent a part of the new electorate that the National Rally is now trying to attract.
3. His role was going to be to keep the more radical fringes of those who support Le Pen on board by speaking to this traditional electorate, while Le Pen was going to be moderating, de-demonizing and trying to look presidential.