PARIS: French right-wing parties were mired by infighting on Thursday (Jun 13) as campaigning intensified for snap elections called by President Emmanuel Macron, but his government fa
LinkedInComing just two years after he failed to secure a majority in parliament to buttress his second presidential term, Macron's gamble on early polls risks strengthening the far-right National Rally and has sparked meltdown among traditional conservatives.
"I'm president of the party, I'm going to my office and that's it," Ciotti told reporters as he arrived at Republicans headquarters in Paris, calling his opponents' vote a"takeover" attempt and saying he had challenged its validity in court. "I'll do everything to prevent France Unbowed coming to power," Bellamy told broadcaster Europe 1, referring to the hard-left outfit that has struck an alliance deal with other left-leaning parties.The lightning election campaign, with the first round of voting on Jun 30, has also shattered the RN's smaller far-right rival Reconquest over whether to ally with the heavyweight formation.
While smaller outfits fight amongst themselves, Le Pen's RN appears set to cruise to a massively increased parliamentary presence from its current 88 out of 577 seats. "I'm thinking of all the social-democratic voters on the left who don't see themselves in this," Attal said.
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