“France’s far-right Rassemblement National (RN) party has overtaken President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist LREM in the latest poll of voting intentions ahead of the 2019 European Elections.
The poll, taken out by the Institut français d’opinion publique (IFOP), was published on Sunday (4 November), and showed that Macron’s centrist party Republic on the Move (LREM) had fallen to 19%, while Marine Le Pen’s RN — formerly the National Front — rose to 21%.
Sovereignist Nicolas Dupont-Aignan had scored 7%, while the two ‘Frexit’ parties, each who campaign for a withdrawal from the European Union and led by Le Pen associates Florian Philippot and Francois Asselineau, won 1% each.
In an earlier poll released in September, the results had Macron and Le Pen tied for popularity at around 21% each, with the conservative Les Republicains in third with 14%, and Melenchon’s France Insoumise fourth with 12.5%.
This time, however, the far-left France Insoumise led by Jean-Luc Melenchon fell to 11%, after he was widely condemned for his behaviour towards police officers during a raid of his party offices.
Sunday’s poll shows results incongruous with the previous IFOP poll
conducted in May, in which LREM was on top with 27% of this vote, while
the far-right parties walked away with just 17%.
Many expect the European elections next year to be a fierce contest between pro-EU factions, such as Macron’s LREM and far-right parties that take a hard stance against immigration while also pursuing a nationally-focussed political agenda.
The elections will determine who has a seat at the table across the EU’s institutions, with the leader of the largest party in the European Parliament being given the golden role of the president of the European commission, under the Spitzenkandidat process.
Macron has ambitions to make a statement as part of the elections next year, but so far the signs aren’t in his favour. In a YouGov poll published last week, his popularity fell to its lowest level since French presidential election of 2017.
He has also faced setbacks after the brusque departure of two high-profile ministers, while stubbornly high unemployment, high taxes and rising fuel prices add to a general feeling of discontent amongst the French people.”
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Many expect the European elections next year to be a fierce contest between pro-EU factions, such as Macron’s LREM and far-right parties that take a hard stance against immigration while also pursuing a nationally-focussed political agenda.
The elections will determine who has a seat at the table across the EU’s institutions, with the leader of the largest party in the European Parliament being given the golden role of the president of the European commission, under the Spitzenkandidat process.
Macron has ambitions to make a statement as part of the elections next year, but so far the signs aren’t in his favour. In a YouGov poll published last week, his popularity fell to its lowest level since French presidential election of 2017.
He has also faced setbacks after the brusque departure of two high-profile ministers, while stubbornly high unemployment, high taxes and rising fuel prices add to a general feeling of discontent amongst the French people.”
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