The vote has turned into a race between the two main opponents of President Emmanuel Macron’s Renaissance party: the far-right National Rally and the New Popular Front, a left-wing coalition.
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Turnout Is High as France’s Snap Election Enters Its Final Hours
The vote will determine the composition of France’s National Assembly, and the future of President Emmanuel Macron’s second term.
In the French Countryside, a Deep Discontent Takes Root
In northern Burgundy, services have collapsed and the far-right National Rally has risen.
In the French Countryside, the Far-Right National Rally Has Risen
In northern Burgundy, services have collapsed and the far-right National Rally has risen.
Why More French Youth Are Voting for the Far Right
Most young people in France usually don’t vote or they back the left. That is still true, but support has surged for the far right, whose openly racist past can feel to them like ancient history.
France’s Far-Right Party Has a Plan: Big on Ideas but Short on Details
Although the party, National Rally, has changed since its early days of overt racism and antisemitism, its basic philosophy remains: Immigrants are a threat to the country’s safety and economy,
What Changes Would a Far-Right Government Bring to France?
The far-right party National Rally may end up governing France. Although it has evolved, its basic philosophy remains: Immigrants are a threat to the country’s safety and economy.
France’s Snap Election: Here Is What’s at Stake
France’s July 7 election could see the country’s nationalist, anti-immigrant party achieve a majority, or send the nation into months of political deadlock.
The Center Collapses in France, Leaving Macron Marooned
Squeezed by the far-right National Rally party and the left, President Emmanuel Macron faces a country that may prove ungovernable.
France Reacts to Big Far-Right Wins in First Round of Snap Election
Many expressed shock that Marine Le Pen’s nationalist party was so close to power after the first round of a snap election.