Is the hard-right about to take power in France?
The Story
The Times
3.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 1 July 2024
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
As France’s hard-right National Rally take the lead in the first round of the country’s parliamentary elections, will the political spectrum unite to stop them taking over or could next week see the first hard-right government since the Second World War?
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| 0:59.4 | From the Times and the Sunday Times, this is the story. |
| 1:04.7 | I'm Manvin Rana. |
| 1:06.7 | France could be on the brink of a revolution. |
| 1:15.0 | And I'm compatriot. |
| 1:17.0 | The democracy apparently |
| 1:20.0 | and the And it's we've placed the Assembly National and it's all here in debt |
| 1:25.0 | and we predict now and face the Bloc Mcronist. |
| 1:29.0 | The victory for Marine Le Penz Party, the Hardwright National Rally, triggered protests in Paris. All eyes are on the next round of voting this weekend. By Monday morning, the Penn's party could be forming a new government, much to the alarm of many |
| 1:59.5 | in France and across Europe. Not least the French Prime Minister. |
| 2:05.0 | But you see, I'm not going to beat about the Bush. |
| 2:15.0 | Tonight's lesson is that the far right is on the doorstep of power. |
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