Categories
News

France teeters towards dysfunction as vote puts far-right at ‘gates of power’

Source link : https://love-europe.com/2024/07/01/france/france-teeters-towards-dysfunction-as-vote-puts-far-right-at-gates-of-power/

London | President Emmanuel Macron’s gamble that French voters would reject populism in a snap parliamentary election looks to have failed, after his centrist bloc was beaten into third place by parties of the hard right and left.

The big winner was the National Rally, presided over by veteran right-wing populist politician Marine Le Pen and her 28-year-old protégé and potential prime minister, the smooth and social-media savvy Jordan Bardella.

Source link : https://www.afr.com/world/europe/france-teeters-towards-dysfunction-after-far-right-election-surge-20240701-p5jq7j

Author :

Publish date : 2024-07-01 07:41:00

Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

—-

Author : love-europe

Publish date : 2024-07-01 09:22:35

Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.