France will soon get the chance to decide on the direction her government will take in snap elections called a week ago by President Emmanuel Macron, after his progressive party was trounced by a more right-leaning one in the European parliamentary elections. While the elections (on June 30th and July 7th) will affect who makes up the body of the National Assembly (France’s legislative branch), they could give a glimpse of a sea-change, leading up to the presidential election in 2027.
Someone with a particularly keen interest in the outcome of both elections is Marine Le Pen, who some tip as the favorite to become the next French leader in the latter election. The leader of her Rassemblement National or RN (National Rally) party, Jordan Bardella, could also take the prime minister’s seat in short order. Sky News notes that Macron would not be eligible to run for reelection in the 2027 contest.
After the news broke on the new elections, Le Pen gave a speech that I think readers will find worth hearing, which addressed the dire situation of France becoming mired in a massive swamp of illegal immigration. Le Pen focused here on a subset of dual nationals among those coming into her country, though; that is, those who espouse the hateful ideology of radical Islam:
This what the United States needs to do