All right, Alexander, let's talk about the results in the second round of the parliament elections in France.

New popular front, first place, Macron's party in second place, and Le Pen's national rally in third.

A shock to many people who were expecting Le Pen to be in first place.

And new popular front, they do not have a majority.

They were not able to secure a majority.

And it looks like we're heading into a chaotic parliamentary situation in France. We have a fragmented

new popular front, which will lead a fragmented French parliament. But hey, they prevented

Le Pen from coming in first place. So they're celebrating that, but hey, they prevented Le Pen from coming in first place. So they're celebrating

that, but I think it's going to be a very short celebration because things are going to be very

turbulent in French politics. What is your take on the election results? Well, the election in some

ways is a reflection of the fact that I've been out of touch with

France for a very, very long time, because looking at the, looking at the clues, there were some

indications that this was coming. Now, what has basically happened is this.

The momentum is clearly behind Marine Le Pen and the Rassemblement Nacional. Now, bear in mind, in the first round of the election,

the Rassemblement National won 33% of the vote.

That is exactly the same amount that Kirstama won in the British general election,

which has just happened, and which has given him this stonking majority.

The Rassamlement National clearly positioned to be the leading party in France.

So it's heading towards, it's moving towards becoming eventually the dominant party in France.

I didn't think anything we've seen over the last couple of hours changes that fact at all. However, the French establishment

doesn't want to see that happen. Emmanuel Macron doesn't want to see that happen. The way in which

the French electoral system is created, it was created a long time ago at the time of basically the

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