The French are called to the polls to elect members of the National Assembly. After the defeat in the European elections, Macron challenges the extreme right of Le Pen and Bardella, but his eyes are also on the extreme left.
The citizens summoned to the polls in France for the early legislative elections. After the defeat in the European elections, President Emmanuel Macron announced the dissolution of the National Assembly, the lower house of Parliament.
The poll favorite is Jordan Bardellathe far-right candidate of the Marine Le Pen National Group that devastated the european elections and that has put Emmanuel Macron in check.
Bardella has reason one of the first candidates to vote, he did it at 10:00 in the morning. It is also the youngest candidate and aspires to become the prime minister of France.
He says he would just take over. if he obtains an absolute majority in the National Assembly, something that, according to surveys, could happen. Among his measurements, suspend arms shipments to Ukraine.
Who is Jordan Bardella?
Born in 1995 in a Parisian suburb, this son of Italian immigrants He has had a meteoric political career. Influenced by the violent riots in the French suburbs in 2005, He entered politics at the age of 17joining Marine Le Pen’s far-right party, now known as the National Rally.
The National Assembly has 577 seats. Its function is to propose, modify and vote on laws. In the first round of the elections, On June 30, French voters will elect one of the candidates to appear in their constituency.
If a candidate manages to obtain an absolute majority of the votes, that is, more than 50% of the votes with at least 25% of the voters registered, he automatically wins. Unlike presidential elections, the abstention rate is therefore decisive.
At the end of this first round, If no candidate obtains an absolute majority, a second round is organized for July 7. Any candidate who has obtained more than 12.5% of the votes can go to the second round.
