Trepidation Grows in France’s Hallowed Arts & Culture Sector Over Potential Far-Right Election Win
deadline.comFrance goes to the polls on Sunday for the second round of a snap parliamentary election in which far-right National Rally (RN) party looks set to come out on top.
With less than 48 hours until the booths open, polls are forecasting RN is on course to win between 200 to 230 seats in France’s 599-seat National Assembly lower house.
This will not give it an absolute majority but could result in the party’s 28-year-old president Jordan Bardella becoming prime minister with the backing of its leader Marine Le Pen.
Emmanuel Macron, who called the election in response to hefty far right gains in European Parliament elections in mid-June has vowed to stay in place as president until the end of his term in May 2027, although it is not clear what power he will wield if there is a majority RN government.
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