France’s far-right National Rally surges in Senate elections

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France’s far-right National Rally party and its allies have achieved a historic surge in the Senate elections, securing 14 seats and quadrupling their representation months before the presidential election. Marine Le Pen hailed this outcome as a significant victory for the party.

Marine Le Pen hails ‘historic victory’ as her party and allies win enough seats to form caucus just months ahead of presidential poll France’s far-right National Rally (RN) party and its allies have secured a record 14 seats in the rightwing-dominated Senate in elections, effectively quadrupling its number in the 348-seat chamber just months before a presidential poll. RN presidential candidate Marine Le Pen called the results an “historic victory” after they were announced on Sunday. “The results ‌have exceeded our expectations,” she said. Continue reading...