A former British prime minister once said that “a week is a long time in politics”. That’s exactly what Marine le Pen, the leader of the right wing National Rally in France, has discovered. The country held the first round of its last general election on June 30. The outcome suggested that le Pen would be the next prime minister. A week later, in the second round, her party was pushed back to the third place.
The New Popular Front, a last-minute alliance of Left and Green parties, got 182 seats in the National Assembly, Macron’s Ensemble coalition got 163, and the National Rally 143 seats. Overall, France has a hung Parliament,…
