“We’ve been preparing for a very long time for these elections,” said the acting party president, Jordan Bardella. She will run again in the parliamentary elections in June and is likely to keep her seat in the Pas-de-Calais area in northern France. Her party has in the past struggled to translate its high number of votes in the presidential election into seats in parliament. Abstention is also traditionally far higher in parliamentary elections than in presidential elections, which has had a negative impact on the National Rally’s results. In recent parliamentary elections that follow the presidential vote, the party of the newly elected president has always won a majority.

Source: The Guardian April 28, 2022 20:49 UTC