US EditionLe Pen’s Right-Wing Party Is Victorious in First Round of French Elections
- France's far right National Rally party leads the first round of parliamentary elections with about 34% of votes, per exit polls by IFOP, Ipsos, OpinionWay, and Elabe.
- The left-wing New Popular Front coalition follows in second place with about 29%.
- President Emmanuel Macron's centrist bloc ranks third with 20.5-23% of the vote.
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A frenzied political negotiation is taking place in these hours, as the deadline to register candidates for the second round of the upcoming Sunday expires on Tuesday. Marine Le Pen warned that "nothing has been won yet.".
Los mercados europeos respiran aliviados este lunes tras el resultado de las elecciones legislativas de Francia celebradas el domingo. Las Bolsas suben -el Ibex 35 en torno al 1% y el CAC-40 de París sobre el 1,5% a media sesión- y las primas de riesgo de los dos países se relajan tras las tensiones de la semana pasada.La explicación de estos movimientos es que Francia ha evitado el escenario más negativo para los mercados: una mayoría absoluta …
After the right-wing Rassemblement National (RN) of Marine Le Pen's victory in the first round of French parliamentary elections, ... The post Parliamentary Elections: Leftist Protesters Set Streets on Fire appeared first on Apollo News.
French extreme right wing wins legislative elections
According to the final results of Sunday’s elections, the nationalist force led by Marine Le Pen obtained the support of more than 10.6 million voters in the parliamentary elections with the highest participation at the polls in this century, with 66.7 percent of 49.3 million registered voters. The RN victory came with the support of a part of the conservatives, led by the president of the Repulbicans, Éric Ciotti, who defied party members by…
The Moscow Times
Russia Following Elections in France 'Very Closely' – Kremlin
The Kremlin is following the election results in France "very closely," a spokesman said Monday, after the first round of a snap vote where the far-right National Rally (RN) party won a resounding victory.
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