German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has expressed concern about the upcoming French elections, following the success of the far right in the European elections.
The French president, Emmanuel Macron dissolved the National Assembly after the victory of the far-right National Rally party in the European elections.
Now the match Marine The penhas the highest approval ratings according the surveys.
Scholz was clear: “I’m worried by elections in France. I want to say that explicitly. And I hope that parties other than Le Pen’s party, so to speak, will be successful in the elections. But That will be decided by the French“.
The chancellor said he would continue seeing the French presidentEmmanuel Macronas head of government, regardless of the election result. The presidency of the country is not at stake as it is an election legislative y non-presidential but a new far-right parliament “It will mean a change,” added Schloz. The electoral system provides two lapsthe first will be the June 30th and the second the July 7th.
Close to the absolute majority
National Group would be the clear winner of the legislative elections with 36% of the vote, well ahead of the New Popular Front of left (27%) con Jean-Luc Melenchon and the centrist coalition that supports President Emmanuel Macron (20%), according to a survey published this Sunday.
Le Pen’s party would thus obtain between 250 and 280 deputies, close to the absolute majority of 289 seats. With these results, the president of the National Group, Jordan Bardellawould not opt to be prime minister, since He promised that he would not run for office without an absolute majority.
The new Popular Front would achieve between 150 and 170 seats, while the parties of the current presidential majority would be in third place with between 90 and 110 seats, far from the current 245.
