Jordan Bardella accused President Macron of leaving France “within the arms of the far left”

Jordan Bardella, president of the French far-right celebration Rassemblement Nationwide (Nationwide Rally – RN), reacts on stage after partial leads to the second spherical of the French early parliamentary elections in Paris, France, July 7, 2024. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier

Jordan Bardella, the candidate for prime minister for the far-right Nationwide Rally (RN) – which completed third within the French elections – accused French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday of leaving the nation “within the arms of the intense left of (Jean Luc) Mélenchon.”

“The dishonourable alliance cast by Macron and (the nonetheless Prime Minister, Gabriel) Attal and their electoral preparations with the intense left have disadvantaged the French of the political righting that the French had chosen” within the first spherical, lamented Bardella, who the polls gave because the most probably prime minister.

Bardella, 28, blamed the sudden defeat of the RN on “misinformation” and “caricatures” made by the media of his celebration, which had clearly gained the primary spherical on June 30, with 33.3%, and had gained the European elections on June 9 with an identical end result.

The younger candidate, who was greeted by shouts of “Jordan, Jordan” from dozens of activists, made it clear that, in a fragmented Nationwide Meeting with a slight benefit for the left, the RN “shall be towards punitive ecology and the confiscation of nationwide sovereignty.”

“We is not going to enter into any window-dressing settlement,” mentioned Bardella, implying that they may stay in opposition. The RN president, nevertheless, confused that, “regardless of the unnatural alliance,” his celebration “has registered the best electoral development” in its historical past.

Jean-Luc Melenchon, chief of the France Insoumise (LFI), reacts after the announcement of the outcomes of the second spherical of the legislative elections in Paris (EFE/EPA/ANDRÉ DOLOR)

On Sunday, the left-wing New Fashionable Entrance (NFP) got here out on prime within the French legislative elections, with the most important parliamentary group within the Nationwide Meeting, in accordance with a number of polling institutes.

The NFP gained between 160 and 215 seats, whereas the Macronist bloc gained between 150 and 180, and Marine Le Pen’s far-right was relegated to 3rd place with 115-152 seats, in accordance with the 4 predominant polling institutes.

These figures come as a shock after the far-right gained the primary spherical by a landslide, with 33.15% of the vote, and remained forward within the polls and within the newest seat projections that had been launched till Friday, the final day of the marketing campaign.

However on the shut of the polls, the NFP seems to have gained, in accordance with Ifop’s projections for TF1 and LCI channels, with 180-215 deputies, plus one other 10 seats for left-wing independents, clearly forward of the Macronist bloc (150-180).

The far proper is relegated to 3rd place, with a results of 120 to 150 seats, in accordance with the polls.

Ipsos projections for public broadcasting are related, with 172-192 seats for the NFP, in contrast with 150-170 for the Macronists and 132-152 for Marine Le Pen’s far-right Nationwide Rally (RN).

Elabe’s polls for BFMTV give the left 175-205 deputies, 150-170 for the Macronist bloc and 115-150 for the RN.

Lastly, the Opinionway ballot provides the NFP 160 to 210 seats, with the Macronists additionally in second place (160-180), and the far proper in third with 130-160.

(With data from EFE)