Political thunderbolt. The President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron announced, this Sunday evening, the dissolution of the National Assembly, after the defeat of his camp in the European elections, which placed Renaissance more than 17 points behind the National Rally. The legislative elections will take place on June 30 and July 7, he announced.
The latest estimates for these European elections from the Ifop institute give Jordan Bardella and the National Rally well in the lead, with 32.3% of the votes. Next come the Renaissance list (Valérie Hayer) at 15.2% and the Socialist Party – Place publique (Raphaël Glucksmann) at 14.3%. Among the other lists, we then find La France insoumise at 8.3%, or the Republicans at 7%. The Reconquête and Les Ecologistes lists hover around the 5% mark, the minimum to send elected officials to the European Parliament.
Turnout should amount to nearly 52.5%, two points more than in 2019, a record since 1994. Follow this election night live.
Information to remember
⇒ Emmanuel Macron announces the dissolution of the National Assembly
⇒ Bardella well ahead, Glucksmann and Hayer neck and neck
⇒ Marine Le Pen: “We are ready to exercise power if the French trust us”
Marine Le Pen: “We are ready to exercise power if the French trust us”
Marine Le Pen affirmed this evening that the National Rally was “ready to exercise power” following the legislative elections called for June 30 and July 7 following the dissolution of the National Assembly by the President of the Republic .
“We are ready to exercise power if the French trust us during these future legislative elections. We are ready to restore the country, ready to defend the interests of the French, ready to put an end to this mass immigration, ready to purchasing power of the French a priority, ready to begin the reindustrialization of the country”, insisted the far-right leader, on the evening of the overwhelming victory of the RN in the European elections.
The dissolution “demanded by Jordan Bardella will remain a stain” on the Macron presidency, believes Glucksmann
The dissolution of the National Assembly was “demanded by Jordan Bardella” and “will remain a stain on Emmanuel Macron’s five-year term, one more”, judged the leader of the PS-Place publique list Raphaël Glusckmann on TF1 This evening.
“The presidential majority and the President of the Republic himself have proven themselves completely incapable – and this evening’s decision has just shown it again – to face their historic responsibility”, according to Raphaël Glucksmann for whom “this game is extremely dangerous.
Macron announces the dissolution of the National Assembly
Emmanuel Macron announced this Sunday evening the dissolution of the National Assembly after the overwhelming victory of the far right in the European elections. “I will sign in a few moments the decree convening the legislative elections which will be held on June 30 for the first round and July 7 for the second,” declared the Head of State in a televised address after the announcement of the results. .
The outcome of the European vote “is not a good result for the parties which defend Europe”, “the rise of nationalists and demagogues is a danger for our nation”, he added.
Bardella well in the lead, Glucksmann and Hayer neck and neck
The first estimates were released this Sunday at 9 p.m. Here are the results, according to the Ifop institute for TF1 – LCI:
– Jordan Bardella (National Rally): 32.3%
– Valérie Hayer (Renaissance): 15.4%
– Raphaël Glucksmann (Socialist Party – Public Square): 14.2%
– Manon Aubry (La France insoumise): 8.6%
– François-Xavier Bellamy (Les Républicains): 7.0%
– Marie Toussaint (Les Ecologists): 5.4%
– Marion Maréchal (Reconquest): 5.3%
– Léon Deffontaines (French Communist Party): 2.4%
– Jean Lassalle (Rural Alliance): 2.2%
– Hélène Thouy (Animalist Party): 2.2%
Bardella calls on Macron to dissolve the National Assembly
Jordan Bardella, head of the National Rally list in the European elections, “solemnly” asked Emmanuel Macron this Sunday to “organize new legislative elections”, after the “scathing disavowal” suffered by the presidential camp. While the RN won the election with 32.4% of the votes according to estimates, far ahead of the Renaissance list (15.2%), Mr. Bardella affirmed that his party welcomed “this result with humility, with gravity and with a spirit imbued with very high responsibility”.
“The unprecedented gap between the presidential majority and the first opposition party reflects a scathing disavowal and a clear rejection of the policy led by Emmanuel Macron and his government”, he nevertheless underlined, castigating an “unprecedented rout ” for the presidential camp. Also, the RN “solemnly” asks President Macron “to take note of this new political situation and […] to organize new legislative elections,” he proclaimed.
Glucksmann warns about the score of the extreme right
The head of the PS-Place Publique list Raphaël Glucksmann said this Sunday that he was “proud” of his third place in the European elections but was “not in the mood to celebrate” due to the score of the far-right lists. “Today, the extreme right represents 40% in France,” he lamented to his supporters, referring to “a wave which is deeply shaking our democracies”. “We will stand up to them in Europe,” he insisted in his speech at his campaign HQ in the 10th arrondissement of Paris.
With a score of around 14% of the votes cast according to initial estimates, the essayist doubles his 2019 result and ranks third in the European elections in France, hot on the heels of the list of the presidential majority led by Valérie Hayer .
“We, the extreme right, do not play with it at every election, we fight it day after day,” insisted the MEP. “We will stand up to them, we will stand up to them in Europe and we will stand up to them in France. With us, there will be no procrastination,” he declared.
Marion Maréchal, the ecologists, Bellamy… This error of analysis which was fatal to them
Given respectively 5.1%, 5.6% and 7% of the votes this Sunday, the Reconquest, Ecologists and Republicans lists are among the losers of this European election. Both the right and the left are on the wrong track electorally when they prioritize societal issues rather than social issues.
The head of the Ecologist list Marie Toussaint deplored this Sunday a “dry, bitter defeat” for an “ecology at half mast” during the European elections which opens, according to her, “the door to all risks”.
The European elections are “the start of a long road to rebuild the right”, responded François-Xavier Bellamy, LR leader. “I know the immensity of the work to be accomplished,” he said, especially since “many thought that we would no longer be in the European Parliament, that the right would disappear from French public life.”
A first estimate of seats in the European Parliament
The European elections being a proportional election, here is the first estimate of the distribution of French elected representatives in the European Parliament.
Provisional distribution of French elected representatives in the European Parliament
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For Bayrou, the result of the European elections “calls for an overhaul of political life”
The president of Modem François Bayrou estimated on Sunday that the result of the European elections “calls for an overhaul of political life”, “relations between power and citizens”.
Before Emmanuel Macron’s announced speech, the leader of one of the majority parties said on France 2 that he was “fairly certain that he deeply feels his responsibility as head of state to bring out the country of a slump.
Emmanuel Macron will address the French on Sunday evening
Emmanuel Macron will address the French on Sunday evening at the end of the European elections, marked by a strong push from the far right, announced the Elysée.
“Following the results of the European elections, the President of the Republic will address the French in the evening,” said the presidency, without further details. Emmanuel Macron was still in a meeting at 8 p.m. when the results were announced.
Participation estimated at 52.5%, up compared to 2024
Participation in the European elections this Sunday June 9 should be around 52.5% according to an Ifop-Fiducial estimate for TF1 and LCI, above that of 2019 which reached 50.1%
The final participation estimated between 52 and 53.1%
Final participation in the European elections is estimated in France at more than 52% by various polling institutes, an increase of more than two points compared to 2019 when it reached 50.12%. In more detail, it is estimated at 52.5% by Ifop, as well as by the OpinionWay institute. Ipsos puts it at 52%, and Toluna Harris Interactive at 53.1%. This would be a record participation since the 1994 election.
Defeat of Scholz’s coalition in Germany
In Germany, the government coalition of Chancellor Olaf Scholz is expected to suffer a setback in the European elections with the three parties forming it arriving behind the conservatives and the far right, according to polls carried out by public television.
According to surveys carried out at the exit of the polling stations by public television, Olaf Scholz’s SPD obtained 14% of the votes, the worst score ever recorded by this party for this election. In 2019, he had already suffered a historic defeat with 15.8% of the vote. The SPD comes behind the far-right AfD party, which obtained between 16.5-16% of the vote, which places it in second position.
At the top of the ballot, we find the conservatives (CDU and CSU), the party of the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, who came in first with 29.5-30% of the votes (compared to 28.9% in 2019). The two other parties in the government coalition, the Greens and the Liberals (FDP), respectively obtained between 12 and 12.5% for the first and 5% for the second.