After France’s far-right National Rally surged into the lead in the first round of legislative elections, some European neighbors are warily eyeing the latest country on the continent to veer to the right.
FILE - People gather at Republique plaza to protest the far-right National Rally, which came out strongly ahead in first-round legislative elections, Sunday, June 30, 2024, in Paris. FILE - French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron stand in the voting station before voting in Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, northern France , Sunday, June 30, 2024.
A spokesman for German Chancellor Olaf Scholz declined to comment on the result when asked by reporters in Berlin. While German government officials refrained from commenting, the party leader of Scholz’s Social Democrats, Saskia Esken, called on democratic forces in France to form an alliance against the far-right National Rally.
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