French voters lean toward Marine Le Pen's far‑right National Rally in upcoming elections
Already, 36% of French people want the National Rally to win the early elections to the National Assembly. Of those surveyed, 60% are convinced this nationalist party will win.
11 June 2024 19:12
France is facing early parliamentary elections. The National Assembly was dissolved on Sunday by decision of President Emmanuel Macron following their defeat in the European Parliament elections.
The elections will be held in two rounds. The French will go to the polls on 30 June and 7 July.
A survey conducted on Tuesday for the weekly "Paris Match" shows that the far-right formation associated with Marine Le Pen, founded by her father, already has victory within reach. Although the politician is no longer the leader of the National Rally (previously known as the National Front), she still influences the party's fate.
When asked which party is most likely to win the early elections, 60% of respondents indicated the National Rally.
Not all of them are happy with this outcome. However, 36% want Le Pen's victory. Everything also indicates that support is growing. Monday's surveys pointed to 34% of supporters of the National Rally among surveyed French voters.
In the survey for "Paris Match," up to 2/3 of respondents expressed satisfaction with President Emmanuel Macron's decision to dissolve the parliament and call for new elections. The survey indicates that the New People's Front will come in second, with only a few percent less than the National Rally.
Macron's coalition will only come in third, gaining about a dozen percent support, while the Gaullists will not exceed 10 percent.
In light of the early parliamentary elections, the left in France wants to create a "common front" against the National Rally. According to PAP, the Greens and the far left have called for joint candidates for the first round of elections on 30 June.
France before the early parliamentary elections. The polls are clear
The People's Front evokes the inter-war years. It is meant to be an alternative to President Emmanuel Macron's camp but also an attempt to weaken the strength of Le Pen's nationalist group.
Unity talks were held on Tuesday. One of the leftist leaders, Raphael Glucksmann, proposed that former trade union leader Laurent Berger be the prime minister's candidate. Berger was a key figure in the protest against the pension reform, but he has rejected offers to participate in politics.
Glucksmann ruled out the possibility that the far-left La France Insoumise (LFI) leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon could lead the left. LFI built its European Parliament election campaign on the conflict in the Gaza Strip, and Mélenchon was accused of taking ambiguous positions on antisemitism.
