Final poll before French elections: Far-right widens lead
The far-right could win a majority in parliament
According to the Guardian, a poll conducted for Les Echos newspaper suggests the far-right National Front (RN) could win 37% of the national vote, up two points from a week ago, while another poll conducted for BFM television predicted the far-right party could win an absolute majority with 260-295 seats.
The poll showed that the New Popular Front (NFP), a broad but fragmented left-wing coalition dominated by Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s Indomitable France (LFI), had 28% support, compared with 28% for the coalition centered on Macron’s ensemble of parties known as the “Centre Bloc,” which only got 28% support and 20% for the “Les Bleuseurs de France.”
Le Pen’s successor, the RN’s young leader, Jordan Bardella, has softened some of his anti-EU stance and promised fiscal responsibility, but has said he will not take up the post of prime minister unless his party wins an absolute majority.
France’s second round of elections will be held on July 7th.
