After the European elections, the right could triumph again – this time in France. A new national assembly is being elected there. Polls show the liberals far behind.
One week before the first round of the parliamentary elections in France, the right-wing populists of Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement National (RN) party are clearly in the lead, according to a survey. According to the survey published on Saturday for the newspaper “Le Parisien” and the broadcaster Radio France, the right-wing populists received 35.5 percent of the vote, followed by the left-green electoral alliance New Popular Front with 29.5 percent.
The liberal camp around President Emmanuel Macron is in third place with 19.5 percent. The conservative Republicans are in fourth place in terms of voter popularity with seven percent.
After the RN’s triumph in the European elections on June 9, Macron surprisingly called new elections for the National Assembly. The election will take place in two rounds on June 30 and July 7.
Macron’s difficult decision
Macron is theoretically free to appoint a prime minister. However, he is dependent on the prime minister getting a majority in the National Assembly. This could lead to a cohabitation in which the president and head of government belong to different camps. It is also conceivable that Macron will appoint an expert without a party membership card to head the government.
There are currently fears that the three blocs – the right-wing populists, the left-green electoral alliance and the government camp – could permanently block each other.
Source: Stern
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