The endlessly self-regarding Emmanuel Macron had intended the Paris Olympic Games to be the crowning moment of his presidency.
Jordan Bardella, President of the National Rally, a French nationalist and right-wing populist party, could oust Macron Or even more cynically, could Macron be exploiting a constitutional loophole, believing that after his party inevitably loses the election he can resign midway through his second term, thereby circumventing the two-term limit on presidents and becoming eligible to run for a third?
A protest against the French right-wing party National Rally took place today in Paris following the results of the European elections Parts of the country, such as the north Paris suburb of Seine-Saint-Denis, have become home to hundreds of squats occupied by migrants and asylum seekers. The hard-Right National Rally, formerly the National Front, won almost 32 per cent of the vote, trouncing Macron’s Renaissance Party on nearly 15 per cent.
Marine Le Pen, President of the French far-right National Rally, has her sights set on a 2027 presidency Her other masterstroke has been the promotion of National Rally’s victorious leader Jordan Bardella, an extraordinary young politician, still only 28, who has burst on to the political landscape with his masterful conduct of the party’s European election campaign.