France Shifts Right as National Rally Wins First Round of Election
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🗓️ 1 July 2024
⏱️ 14 minutes
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| 0:15.0 | France's far right party wins a major victory in the first round of parliamentary elections. |
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| 0:56.3 | In France, Marine Le Penh's far-right National Rally Party secured a major victory in parliamentary |
| 1:07.4 | elections on Sunday, the first time the far-right has ever won the first round. This marks a watershed moment for the country |
| 1:16.1 | as the national rally will now seek a majority in the July 7th runoff to win control of the National Assembly. Journal reporter Naomi Bezebeserb is in Paris and she |
| 1:27.6 | told me France is facing an unprecedented political moment. |
| 1:31.6 | Well I think the key takeaway is how strong the far right has become in France |
| 1:36.0 | and how weak Emmeline's pro-business party is today. |
| 1:40.0 | There's no question that they will end up with the most seats in France's 577 seat assembly. |
| 1:46.0 | The question now is whether they will be able to achieve a majority. |
| 1:50.0 | If they do manage to get an absolute majority, that means more than 289 seats, Macron will be forced to pick a Prime Minister from their camp, which in all likelihood will be Jean-Din-Bardila, Maril Le Penz Protege. |
| 2:06.0 | Okay, so Nermi, why is it that these parliamentary elections are being so closely watched? Well, I think that these elections matter not just for France but also for Europe, |
| 2:17.0 | because Mary Nupens far-right, |
| 2:19.0 | her position on international issues are quite different from what we've seen in France so far |
| 2:25.0 | and from Macron's position on these issues. |
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