PARIS: France’s far-right National Rally (RN) extended its lead in a poll published on the last day of campaigning before Sunday’s first round of parliamentary elections, with another survey showing it in sight of a slim majority.
Marine Le Pen’s anti-immigrant, eurosceptic party has led polling since President Emmanuel Macron called a surprise snap election this month that has plunged France into uncertainty and unnerved European neighbours and financial markets.
A new OpinionWay poll published by Les Echos newspaper on Friday showed the RN could reach as much as 37% of the popular vote, up two percentage points on its score a week ago.
Macron’s centrist bloc Together party was seen reaching 20 percent, down by two points from the last publication. The New Popular Front leftwing alliance stood at an unchanged 28 percent of the vote.
BFM TV, in a different poll compiled by Elabe, calculated that the RN and allies could end up with 260-295 seats in the new parliament - potentially crossing the 289-seat bar for an absolute majority giving them a clear mandate to govern.
The rule would be aimed at mail carriers, delivery people, construction workers, landscapers, restaurant staff and...
The Conservatives, who have been in power for the last 14 years, were predicted to win just 64 seats, which would be...
The sanction of the 80-year-old Giuliani, who spearheaded Trump´s legal efforts to overturn his election defeat, was...
Orban said he would report on his talks with Zelensky to EU prime ministers “so that the necessary European...
With the clock ticking to a deadline later Tuesday to register, over 200 pro-Macron or left-wing candidates had pulled...
Several nearby towns that rely on Calgary for water were also affected by the disruption.