Marine Le Pen’s party appears on track to finish top in European elections, with the French president’s centrist alliance trailing
Supporters hold French and EU flags while gathering at the La Republique en Marche party headquarters after results were announced in the European parliament elections in Paris, France, on May 26 2019. Picture: BLOOMBERG/MARLENE AWAADThe far-right National Rally party led by Marine le Pen looked set to finish top in European elections in France on Sunday, dealing a symbolic blow, but not a knock-out punch, to pro-EU President Emmanuel Macron.
But despite triumphalist comments from RN figures, final results risk being a mixed picture for the 50-year-old Le Pen: her party might end up losing ground since European elections in 2014 when it finished top with 24.9%. Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said the results confirm the “redrawing” of French politics that was evident in the presidential election in 2017 when France’s traditional parties were eclipsed by Macron’s new centrist movement and the far-right.
He is a leading champion of further EU integration and is keen for further advances to link the economies, militaries and political systems of the bloc, which numbers 28 member states including Britain.
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