WHY THE FRENCH FAR RIGHT ARE A BUNCH OF LOSERS

The Rassemblement National might be the leading party in France but that does not mean it will ever be the governing party

Laurent Lemasson

ON 9 JUNE 2024, EMMANUEL MACRON ANnounced the dissolution of the National Assembly. Parliamentary elections in France are held in two rounds and, the day after the second round, on 8 July, the country woke to an Assembly divided into three parties of roughly equal weight, none of which seemed willing to ally with either of the two. In France, unlike in the United States, the government must have the support of a majority in the Assembly to be able to carry out its duties — or at least it must not have against it a majority of MPs ready to overthrow it by voting a motion of censure. In the new Assembly, this condition seems impossible to meet. France risks returning to the situation of chronic governmental instability…

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