The party led by Le Pen and Bardella is well placed to obtain the largest number of deputies in the National Assembly. The second round of the legislative elections will be held on July 7.
Two years after its historic breakthrough, the extreme right has prevailed in the first round of the legislative elections anticipated. With its allies from the Republicans, the National Rally block obtained the 33.5% of votes castaccording to the latest estimates.
They are followed by the New Popular Front coalition, with the presidential majority party of [**Macron**](Why do the French hate Emmanuel Macron so much?), Ensemble, in third place.
After the results were published, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, founder of La Francia Insumisa, told his supporters that the New Popular Front would remove its candidates from third place to block the National Group.
Emmanuel Macron called for a “broad mobilizationclearly democratic and republican, for the second round” against the National Group. For the President of the Republic, the high participation showed the desire to “clarify the political situation.”
Re-elected in her constituency, Marine Le Pen calls for “an absolute majority” in the second round. The president of the National Group, Jordan Bardelladescribed the election as “one of the most decisive in the history of the Fifth Republic.”
