The farmland around Abbeville, in the Somme valley of northeastern France, saw s...
ABBEVILLE, France - The farmland around Abbeville, in the Somme valley of northeastern France, saw some of the heaviest fighting in two world wars. And for France’s far right it is again a battle ground - this time for European elections in 10 days’ time.
Mixing youthful vigour and rapid-fire soundbites, Bardella seems to have energised the party base, helping the RN come from behind to stand marginally ahead of President Emmanuel Macron’s En Marche list in the latest polls, at 22.5% to 22%. France’s vote will be held on May 26, with 74 seats in the parliament up for grabs amid high expectations that this election will see substantial gains for the far right across Europe, with nationalist parties in Italy, Hungary, Denmark, Austria and Poland all expected to perform strongly.
It is a combination that portrays France as under attack from all sides, undermined as a nation, subject to rules set in Brussels, a pale imitation of what it should be - rhetoric with echoes of President Donald Trump’s populism. With the lead candidate on Macron’s list, former Europe minister Nathalie Loiseau, 54, struggling to connect with voters and having made repeated blunders, the French president faces the very real possibility of his party coming second in the election, which would erode his influence in Europe.
In Abbeville, noted for its 15th-century Gothic church and a large central square dotted with cafes and fountains, there was little awareness that the far right was holding a rally, and only marginal interest in voting for it.
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