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Mathias Bernard, Historien, Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA)

Legislative elections in France: ‘Emmanuel Macron has made the RN the main force of opposition to his policies’

The first round of France’s snap legislative election was held on June 30. The final results show the far-right National Rally (Rassemblement national, RN) and its allies with 33.15%, the left/progressive coalition New Popular Front (Nouveau Front Populaire, NFP) with 27.99%, and in third place, the presidential alliance with 20.04%. Turnout was 66.71%, the highest since 1978. Mathias Bernard, historian of France’s Fifth Republic, analyses how France got here and what’s at stake.


How do you analyse the National Rally vote? What do you see as the main reasons for it?

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