Marine Le Pen’s populist right-wing National Rally has scored a historic victory in snap parliamentary elections in France, although the contest will proceed to a second vote next week.
The hard-right party is on course to win between 33 and 35 per cent of the vote in the first round, according to early results from the first polling booths to have closed.
Polling institutes put the left-wing New Popular Front on between 28 per cent and 30 per cent, with President Macron’s ruling centrist coalition trailing on about 22 per cent.
The young people of France helped Marine Le Pen and her National Rally party secure a huge victory in the first round of the French parliamentary elections.
They love her! 🇫🇷 pic.twitter.com/D85xqyy0QF
— Cillian (@CilComLFC) June 30, 2024
JUST IN: Protesters begins to gather as many anticipate riots amid Marine Le Pen’s resounding victory during France’s first round of Parliamentary elections.
Le Pen’s “National Rally,” a right-wing party, offering a populist and nationalist agenda, is closer than ever to taking… pic.twitter.com/sWTeTMSwKD
— Dutch Burke (@DutchBurke) June 30, 2024
