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PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron and his allies were on Monday beginning a week of intense campaigning ahead of the second round of legislative elections to prevent the far right in a historic first from taking an absolute majority and control of government.
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, who is likely to be forced to resign after the second round, warned that the far right was now at the “gates of power”. The RN should not get a “single vote” in the second round, he said. The polling agencies projected this would give the RN a majority of seats in the 577-seat National Assembly after the second round. But it was far from clear the party would garner the 289 seats needed for an absolute majority.
With the French facing their most polarizing choices in recent history, turnout soared to 65 percent, way above the turnout in 2022 polls of just 47.5 percent. “We need an absolute majority so that Jordan Bardella is in eight days named prime minister by Emmanuel Macron.”This would create a tense period of “cohabitation” with Macron, who has vowed to serve out his term until 2027.
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