Le Pen insists National Rally will still win big in French elections despite slip in polls

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4 July 2024 at 8:00 am·1-min read

Marine Le Pen has hit back at opinion polls suggesting her National Rally (RN) is losing its lead in this weekend's legislative election runoff, saying the far-right party still had the capacity to secure an absolute majority in the French parliament.

The centrist forces of President Emmanuel Macron and a broad-left wing coalition have withdrawn over 200 candidates from the runoff on Sunday in a joint effort to ensure the far-right National Rally is defeated.

While the RN was ahead in the popular vote in the 30 June first round, a poll published Wednesday predicted it would now fall well short of an absolute majority in the National Assembly.

Speaking to BFMTV, Le Pen said: "I think there is still the capacity to have an absolute majority with the electorate turning out in a final effort to get what they want."

"I say turn out to vote as it's a really important moment to get a change in politics in all the areas that are making you suffer right now," she added.

Posting on X, Le Pen wrote: "We have the capacity to win an absolute majority. I call on the French people to mobilise on Sunday, to obtain a change of policy in all the areas where they are currently suffering".

More than 210 candidates exit French election runoff to block far right progress

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