{"id":89848,"date":"2024-07-07T23:54:16","date_gmt":"2024-07-07T23:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/07\/frances-national-rally-is-defiant-after-disappointing-election\/"},"modified":"2024-07-07T23:54:16","modified_gmt":"2024-07-07T23:54:16","slug":"frances-national-rally-is-defiant-after-disappointing-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/07\/frances-national-rally-is-defiant-after-disappointing-election\/","title":{"rendered":"France\u2019s National Rally Is Defiant After Disappointing Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1050\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/07\/07\/multimedia\/07france-blog-national-rally-reax-wbkz\/07france-blog-national-rally-reax-wbkz-facebookJumbo.jpg?resize=1050,550&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"France\u2019s National Rally Is Defiant After Disappointing Election\" title=\"France\u2019s National Rally Is Defiant After Disappointing Election\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Leaders of France\u2019s far-right National Rally tried to put a brave face on projected results from parliamentary elections on Sunday that showed the party had failed to win the most seats, saying that they remained on a path to power despite a disappointing night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The National Rally, which had finished first in an initial round of balloting last week, was set to hold its most seats ever in the National Assembly, said the party\u2019s president, Jordan Bardella. He denounced a political strategy by its centrist and left-wing rivals to withdraw candidates from hundreds of races to avoid splitting their support, saying they had \u201cdeprived\u201d the country of a far-right government.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Still, with almost all of the 577 National Assembly seats left to be called, the National Rally had amassed 142 seats, the most of any single party. It was also winning about 37 percent of the votes nationally, the most of any party.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThis evening, an old world has fallen,\u201d Mr. Bardella said. \u201cNothing can stop a people who have started to hope again.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Marine Le Pen, the party\u2019s leader and the daughter of its founder, also sought to put the result in a wider context. \u201cThe tide is rising,\u201d she said. \u201cIt didn\u2019t rise high enough this time, but it\u2019s still rising. And as a result, our victory, in reality, is only delayed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The National Rally\u2019s leaders argued that many of France\u2019s problems stemmed from immigration and had campaigned on a plan for \u201cnational preference,\u201d under which certain jobs, social benefits, schooling and health care would be reserved for citizens rather than immigrants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The New Popular Front coalition of four left-wing parties came together quickly last month in a bid to present a united front and keep the National Rally from winning a majority after President Emmanuel Macron called the snap election.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Results in the western region of La Sarthe illustrated the challenge for National Rally supporters in overcoming a bitter defeat. The party had won a plurality of votes in four of five constituencies there last week, but fell short of the absolute majority required to avoid a runoff. In the second round of voting on Sunday, no National Rally candidate was elected for any of the five seats.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIt\u2019s a shame,\u201d said Felix Aubry, a student and the campaign manager for one of the National Rally candidates, Fran\u00e7ois F\u00e8vre. \u201cIt\u2019s crazy to see this massive shift in votes.\u201d<span class=\"css-8l6xbc evw5hdy0\">  <\/span>He described the recent alliance of left-wing parties as \u201cunnatural\u201d and tried to put a positive spin on the National Rally\u2019s progress.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe National Rally has still made a very big breakthrough, so it\u2019s still historic,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cWhen you see all the things that have been put in place to block it, it\u2019s huge.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/07\/world\/europe\/france-election-results-national-rally.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leaders of France\u2019s far-right National Rally tried to put a brave face on projected results from parliamentary elections on Sunday that showed the party had failed to win the most seats, saying that they remained on a path to power despite a disappointing night. 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