The far right in France loses second round of early French parliamentary elections, say first results presented in local media. No political force will have an absolute majority in the next parliament, writes BTA.
The victory seems to be for the left-wing coalition of the "New People's Front", the coalition around President Emmanuel Macron comes second with a small margin ahead of the far-right "National Assembly", which this time remained in third place after leading in the first round and at the beginning of June he won the elections for MEPs in France.
According to leading political observers represented in local media, the open questions now are whether a compromise will be reached to form the next government, whether the outcome of the election will not lead to violence, whether confidence in President Emmanuel Macron has fallen so far that to undermine his efforts in the remaining three years of his term. Most observers call today's result a big surprise.
The leader of France's radical left, whose coalition is coming out on top in France's parliamentary elections, said Prime Minister Gabriel Attal "must go" and the alliance of the left "to rule", the world agencies reported.
In the words of Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the result of today's vote, which according to exit polls the left-wing "New People's Front" surprisingly wins, it is "a huge relief for the majority of people in our country" .
Melanchon called on President Emmanuel Macron to give the left a mandate to form a government. His far-left party "Disobedient France" is the leading force in the left coalition.
"The will of the people must be respected. No compromises will be accepted. The defeat of the president and his coalition was clearly confirmed. The president must accept his defeat," the far-left leader said. "The Prime Minister must go. The President should invite the "New People's Front" to rule", Mélenchon added.
Prime Minister Gabriel Atal is from the former presidential majority in the National Assembly, the lower house of parliament.
"New People's Front" there will be between 172 and 215 deputies in the new composition of the parliament. The coalition "Together", formed around the macronist party "Renaissance", is in second place with between 150 and 180 people's representatives, and in third place is the far-right "National Assembly". with between 115 and 155 deputies.
The opinion polls before the vote showed a victory for the "National Assembly", which won the first round a week ago.
The president of the French extreme right “National Assembly” Jordan Bardela admitted this evening the loss of the second round of early parliamentary elections in the country.
Bardela, who expected to win an absolute majority in the National Assembly and become prime minister, indicated in an address to the French that he was not seeking power at any cost. According to him, millions of French citizens today remain disappointed, and President Emmanuel Macron is leading the country towards uncertainty.
According to Bardella, the result today is due to misinformation and the creation of obstacles to free choice. According to him, today the extreme right is marking the most serious breakthrough in its history.
Bardella accused President Macron and Prime Minister Gabriel Attal of “throwing France into the arms of the extreme left”. The president is isolated, Bardella said, and promised that his party would not make political compromises.
The leader of the French extreme right, Marine Le Pen, said that she sees in the result of today's election the seeds of tomorrow's victory. "Our victory was only postponed,", she declared on the air of TeF 1 television.
The first exit polls from the vote show that her "National Assembly" remains in third place after the left coalition "New People's Front" and the centrist camp of President Macron, although the extreme right led to last in the polls.
"The tidal wave is rising. It wasn't high enough this time, but it's still going up. And therefore our victory was only delayed," she said. "I have too much experience to be disappointed by a result in which we double the number of our MPs," added Le Pen.
According to Le Pen, the formation, of which she is the chairman of the parliamentary group and informal leader, lost only because of the electoral tactics applied by the Macronists and the left. In a number of constituencies, candidates of Macron's "Together" coalition; refused to take part in the second round in favor of the candidates of the "New People's Front", and in other left-wing candidates they gave up in favor of the presidential camp, so that the candidates of the "National Assembly" could be defeated. Such electoral tactics were applied in over 200 single-mandate constituencies.
French President Emmanuel Macron is analyzing the election results and will wait to see the full picture in parliament before making the next necessary decisions, the Elysee Palace announced.
"The President, as the guarantor of our institutions, will respect the choice of the French people," said the announcement, quoted by world agencies.
The coalition of left parties "New People's Front" won the most seats in the second round of the parliamentary elections, according to exit polls of the leading sociological agencies. Thus, the left is on its way to achieve an unexpected victory over the far-right "National Assembly", but not to obtain an absolute majority in the parliament.
Minutes ago, French Prime Minister Gabriel Atal announced that he would resign tomorrow after his political force came second in the final round of early parliamentary elections in the country.
Atal clarified that he will remain in office as long as necessary. In the following days, it is expected that the negotiations on the composition of the new French government will begin.
Turning a new page tonight. We have avoided the danger of the far-left or the far-right getting an absolute majority in parliament, Atal said. According to him, the election results are a victory for Europe.