This is a CBSI in the world. I'm John Batcheford. The European Union, NATO, big events in front of us.

Chiefly the French election and the British election, one influencing

NATO heavily, that would be Britain, the other influencing the EU heavily, that would be France.

Why? I welcome Antonio Kulaashanu, a geopolitical futures analyst.

She is in Bucharest, Romania, the front lines of the Ukraine War.

Observing the far-right parties, that's what they're called in Europe, it doesn't

quite translate, but they are called far-right parties that did very well if the European

Union votes some weeks ago.

Not well enough to take over, but well enough to be a sizable voice in the European Union

influencing the individual countries.

We now come to France because immediately after that vote,

Emmanuel Macron, the president of France, called a fresh election for the Assembly of

France and therein lies the tale of the far right party called the National

Rally. Antonia, a very good evening to you. The National Rally is days away

from the vote on June 30th and then the second round on July 7th.

The expectation in the Paris papers and the London papers is that Marine LePen's

National Rally will do very well. Do you agree with that and what does that mean for the European Union?

Good evening to you.

Good evening and thank you for having me, John. Well, first of all, it is likely that LePens party will do very well. It is also likely that

Macron has calculated this so that it doesn't do too well and that he and his party still hold a

majority or at least an important place in the Parliament.

Meaning if time it was not so short, in Macron's head,

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