French far-right wants to dissolve parliament after European elections

The head of the National Convergence list for the European elections, Jordan Bardella, said this Wednesday that he would call for the dissolution of the French National Assembly if the far right wins the June 9 elections.

Bardella saw the European Parliament elections as a unique opportunity for the French “to express their opinion on government policies, to hear their anger towards Emmanuel Macron and therefore to name a political movement that will be responsible for preparing a replacement.” .

In an interview with BFM TV in Paris, Bardella said there was a “problem with trust in the presidential majority.”

Macron, re-elected in April 2022 with 59% of the vote in the second round against 41% for Marine Le Pen, has the support of 250 MPs against 321 from a group of opposition parties.

Marine Le Pen’s party has an advantage in polls regarding voting intentions with 32%, while the list led by Valerie Hay, promoted by the President of the French Republic, the Renaissance – Republic on the March, MoDem et Horizons and UD parties, gains 16%. , according to an IPSOS poll published on Saturday.

Raphaël Glucksmann’s Socialist List reaches 13%, while Manon Aubry’s Rebellious France and Marie Touissant’s Greens each have 7%.

Macron, re-elected in April 2022 with 59% of the vote in the second round to Marine Le Pen’s 41%, has the support of 250 MPs to 321 from a group of opposition parties in the 16th legislature of the Fifth Republic, which lasts five years.

Among the 577 deputies of the National Assembly following the June 2022 elections, the National Convergence party has 89 seats, the Macron-promoted parliamentary group with 250 seats and the New People’s Ecological-Social Union, including socialists, Unruly France, environmentalists and communists, 151 mandates. .