THE NEW POPULAR FRONT (LEFT) WON THE LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS POST DISSOLUTION

USPA NEWS - This Sunday, July 7, 2024, the French voted in the 2nd round of the early legislative elections since the dissolution of the French Parliament on June 9 for the left, New Popular Front, (New Popular Front) which won between 188 and 199 seats , according to the estimate (France Info),. This is a very big surprise for all parties combined, especially for the RN, which suffered a failure, after the “blockade against the RN of the Republican arc” including the left, up to the extreme left ( LFI Communist, NPA) against between 150 and 170 deputies for Ensemble (Party of President Macron + Horizon Party of Edouard Philippe Former PM) and between 135 to 144 elected officials for the RN (Party of Marine Le Pen, and Jordan Bardella) and its allies.The participation rate was record, with 67% since 1981 (Election of Socialist President François Mitterrand). It is the left party NFP (New Popular Front) which won between 188 and 199 seats, according to the estimate (France Info).

The current Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, re-elected MP, (under "Ensemble" "together", President Macron's Party) announced, resigning tomorrow, because it is the French political tradition, and as he was thanking his fellows and called for " a massive change in the way politics is conducted and how to govern in line with the french people wishes" . President Macron, will either accept his resignation or decline it and re-conduct Gabriel Attal, at Matignon. In the meantime, Jean Luc Melenchon, LFI's leader from the far left asked the president Macron to "Either leaving, from his presidency, or appoint his party at the head of government in the light of his party's highest rate of seats, yet not reaching a majority of seats (188, far form the 289 majority needed) .

THE NEW POPULAR FRONT (LEFT) WON THE LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS NO ONE OBTAINED AN ABSOLUTE MAJORITY

This Sunday, July 7, 2024, the French voted in the 2nd round of the early legislative elections since the dissolution of the French Parliament on June 9 for the left, New Popular Front, (New Popular Front) which won between 188 and 199 seats , according to the estimate (France Info),. This is a very big surprise for all parties combined, especially for the RN, which suffered a failure, after the “blockade against the RN of the Republican arc” including the left, up to the extreme left ( LFI Communist, NPA) against between 150 and 170 deputies for Ensemble (Party of President Macron + Horizon Party of Edouard Philippe Former PM) and between 123 to 144 elected officials for the RN (National Rally Party of Marine Le Pen, and Jordan Bardella) and its allies.

The participation rate was record, with 67% since 1981 (Election of Socialist President François Mitterrand). It is the left party NFP (New Popular Front) which won between 188 and 199 seats, according to the estimate (France Info),
Within the NFP Party (New Popular Front), the far left LFI of leader Jean Luc Melenchon won, 87 to 93, followed by the Socialist Party with between 58 to 60 seats.

In the center, President Macron's party, Renaissance obtains between 107 and 112 seats, and 23 seats for the Horizon party (of Edouard Philippe, the former PM), Modem (of Francois Bayrou) with only 20 seats,
The far-right RN of Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella won only 123 to 144 seats and 12 to 15 LR/RN seats represented by Eric Ciotti, boss of the Republicans who had formed an alliance on June 9 with the Rn (National Rally)

The drama is great with regard to the RN (National Rally) which was considered the winner (279 seats planned, according to IFOP polls) of the first round and finished in third of these three blocks Extreme Left, Center, Extreme Right. Indeed, out of the 501 candidates invested, there were alliances and coalitions set up and orchestrated by President Macron with two hundred and eleven (211) withdrawals in favour of the Macronists. Only the remaining three hundred were kept in place to be “normally elected” without the withdrawals of candidates from their opponent partis. Source: The information, and figures, gathered in this article are issued from various sources, Tv channels (LCI TV, BFM TV, Cnews TV, France Info TV), French Journals.