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1. CONSERVATIVES BIG BOOM 💣💥: The French snap elections began Sunday with the highest voter turnout since the 1980s and a roaring lead for the conservative National Rally party far ahead of Macron’s flailing ruling party. The results were so brutal for Macron that he is calling for citizens to vote for the far-left party over his own in the next round just to defeat the National Rally and prevent Marine Le Pen and other conservative allies from gaining a majority, which they are on track to do.
Justifying his new tactic, Macron stated, “We must make no mistake. It is the far-Right that is on its way to the highest office, no one else.”
Reminder: Just last week, Macron said that if the far-left or National Rally came to power, there would be a civil war.
The second round of voting will take place this Sunday for constituencies that did not elect a candidate by a majority in the first round. In the second round, whichever candidate wins the most votes will win the seat.
According to exit polls from Sunday, National Rally could win 250-310 seats, an almost 400% increase in seats from the last elections just two years ago. This would give them not only a majority in the lower chamber, but the Prime Minister seat as well, leaving Macron and his Presidency weak in “cohabitation” with National Rally’s Jordan Bardella.
EU-US Founding Board Member, Matt Mowers responded to the big news and stated, “Following historic victories for conservatives in the EU elections a few weeks ago, France today reaffirmed their desire to move away from the failed left-wing playbook in favor of common sense conservatives focused on free speech and free people. Time for Brussels to wake up!”
🤯🤯🤯 Seems like the French President’s plan to stop the momentum of the right blew up in his face.
What They Are Saying:
- Fox News: Macron on edge as France’s right-wing National Rally party gains momentum in first round of elections
- CNN: Far right leads first round of France’s parliamentary election in blow to Macron
- Bloomberg: Le Pen’s Support Surges in Nearly Every City, Town and Village in France
- The Guardian: French left and centrists scramble to unite against far right for election runoff
- AP: French far right ahead in 1st round of snap elections. Here’s how runoff works and what comes next
X Chatter:
- @alexharmstrong: Marine Le Pen is set to HUMILIATE Macron, the far-left and EU establishment. The French have had enough, we know how they feel.
- @PeterSweden7: BREAKING: Exit polls show that Marine Le Pen’s right-wing party is set to WIN the first round of the French election becoming the largest party by far with 34%
This is historic. - @matteosalvinimi: 🇫🇷 Congratulations to @MLP_officiel and @J_Bardella for the extraordinary result obtained in the first round of the legislative elections in France, as emerges from the exit polls.
Shameful Macron who, by calling for “blocs” against the Rassemblement National in the second round, behaves like any other Von der Leyen and tries in every way to oppose a change expressed by millions of French people, in Paris and in Brussels. #legislatives2024 - @TheWakeninq: #BREAKING 🇫🇷 #France, parliamentary elections: New defeat for Macron
– “National Rally” party of Marine Le Pen-Jordan Bardella ahead with 34% of the vote
– New Popular Front (far-left pro-Islam) 29%
– Macron’s party “Together” 21%.
– The election takes place in two rounds, next on July 7. - @GoodwinMJ: Wow. Marine Le Pen and National Rally win the first round of elections in France with 34% of the vote. Macron falls to third. Enormous result for Le Pen and national populism [article link]
- @alexsalvinews: France has not witnessed such high voter turnout in legislative elections since 1986, according to data from the French Interior Ministry.
- @RyanGirdusky: Macron’s Prime Minister has canceled his victory party and will be addressing France from his office
- @EndWokeness: BREAKING: National Rally dominates the first round of parliamentary elections in France, a fataI blow to Macron. Turnout reached the highest level in 40 years.
EUROCRATS REFUTE CHANGE: As reported last week, current EU Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, will once again be elected by Parliament after her nomination by the EU Council with her far-left alliance. This comes despite pushes from conservatives for a change in leadership, policy priorities, and alliance shifts. EUCO president will be Portugal’s socialist António Costa and EU foreign affairs lead will be far-left Kaja Kallas of Estonia. Both von der Leyen and Costa are wrapped up in their own corruption investigations “confirming the conventional wisdom that Brussels appointments are the epitome of ‘failing upwards.’”
This entrenched leftist coalition (EPP, Socialist and Democrats, and Renew) ignores voters voices and keeps conservatives sidelined unless Italy’s Meloni can break a deal with von der Leyen to give her group, ECR, a weighty EUCO executive vice presidency, which would require their support of von der Leyen in the Parliament official votes on her appointment in two weeks.
What They Are Saying:
- Politico: Von der Leyen and Costa: Europe’s new dynamic duo
- @EUUSForum: Although Europeans sent a clear message rejecting the policies of bureaucrats like von der Leyen, she is celebrating ANOTHER term as head of the EU. Are you satisfied with her ‘leadership?’
- @PM_ViktorOrban: The @EPP built a coalition of lies and deceit with the Socialists and the Liberals. We cannot and will not support this shameful agreement. This is not what the European people voted for! #EUCO
- @PM_ViktorOrban: European voters have been deceived. The @EPP formed a coalition of lies with the left and the liberals. We do not support this shameful agreement! #EUCO
Meanwhile, Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz party will not be joining ECR or ID groups, but has started their own political alliance – “Patriots for Europe” in hopes to become an official Parliament political group. Any new Parliamentary political group requires 23 MEPs from seven nations. Patriots of Europe has over 23 MEPs from three nations and more are on the way, such as Portugal’s Chega.
Hungary also began its six month EU Council Presidency Monday with a trip to Ukraine.
ALSO IN THE NEWS:
- European Conservative: Poland and Baltic States Lobby for EU-Funded ‘Iron Curtain’ Against Russia
- Politico: Nearly every EU country blows major climate plan deadline
- Reuters: Dutch right-wing government installed as Wilders’ shadow looms large
- The Olive Press: Tensions Boil in Spain After Squatters ‘Beat A Local Man to Death With Baseball Bats’ – Just Weeks After Taking Over Luxury Villa in a British Expat Hotspot
- Politico: The Hungarian presidency: Let the games begin
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