Surpassing its wildest expectations, Marine Le Pen’s National Rally turned in its best-ever performance in parliamentary elections on Sunday, increasing its number of MPs from eight to 89. Le Pen is to focus on leading the parliamentary group to make the most of its new-found powers, but can it convince?
Heading into the polls, National Rally (RN) heavy-weights said they were confident they could win a large parliamentary group, and on Friday Le Pen spoke of "winning 60" of the 577 seats in the National Assembly.
