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On 9 June 2024, shortly after 21:00 CEST, Macron dissolved the National Assembly and called snap elections in a national address following projections which indicated that the L'Europe Ensemble electoral list would be significantly eclipsed by the RN in the European Parliament elections in France. In his address, he called the rise of ...
Legislative elections are scheduled to be held in France by 2029 to elect all 577 members of the 17th National Assembly of the Fifth French Republic. [1] The 2024 elections resulted into a hung parliament and a minority government led by Michael Barnier being appointed by president Emmanuel Macron.
France's far-right National Rally to join new EU alliance. 10:50, Tom Watling. Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally (RN) will join a new alliance in the European Parliament led by Hungarian ...
Dates of the new election Elected or re-elected MP Party Reason 1 Flavien Termet: RN: 5 October 2024 Ardennes's 1st constituency: 1 and 8 December 2024 Lionel Vuibert: Independent: Resignation for health reasons [1] 2 Hugo Prevost: LFI: 16 October 2024 Isère's 1st constituency: 12 and 19 January 2025 Resignation after sexual assault ...
French voters are being called to the polls on Sunday for an exceptional moment in their political history: the first round of snap parliamentary elections that could see the country’s first far ...
In the 2017 elections, when Macron swept to power, the RN won just eight seats. In 2022, it surged to 89 seats. In Sunday’s vote, it won 125 – making it the largest individual party.
This decision plunged France into a political crisis [2] [3] and was followed by France Unbowed (LFI), the main party of the NFP, initiating impeachment proceedings against the French president on 31 August. The caretaker government remained in place for 51 days, [2] unprecedented since the fallen Pompidou government lasted 62 days in 1962. [4]
France’s next elections were not scheduled until 2027. Politicians rarely call an election when their party trails in the polls and there is no need to do so. Analysts have parsed his potential ...