Sunday's results left the National Rally, which had expected to rise to power, in shock.
PARIS - The champagne was on ice at the far-right National Rally’s headquarters, but the celebratory mood swiftly turned to disbelief when the first projected results from the July 7 parliamentary election appeared on TV screens.
To be sure, Ms Le Pen and her party have suffered disappointment before, most recently her 2022 defeat by Macron in the presidential election, and have managed to bounce back more strongly than before.“The results are disappointing and they don’t represent what French people want,” said Ms Jocelyn Cousin, 18, who had come to the party’s headquarters expecting a victory celebration.
But Ipsos pollster Brice Teinturier pointed to the RN’s own shortcomings, including revelations before the run-off that several of its candidates had expressed xenophobic views, raising questions over whether the party had really ditched its more toxic past. “I thought it was strange that they said that,” said Mr Kersauson, who lost his race against a pro-Macron candidate. “It seemed like something that was very hard to achieve.”
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