NATIONAL GATHERING. Without an alliance and after a late entry into the campaign, the RN hopes to be able to form a group in the National Assembly. For this, he must impose himself in the legislative elections against the union of the left and the presidential majority.
[Mis à jour le 2 juin 2022 à 19h07] The National Rally ended up entering the legislative campaign and it has some catching up to do. While the left has been activated in the wake of the presidential election to form a union and impose itself as the main opposition force to Emmanuel Macron, the far right has been very discreet, perhaps too. The first movements of the campaign and the nomination of the candidates took place a little before mid-May but since then the frontist party has gone under the radar. It was finally shortly before the launch of the official campaign, on May 30, that the party executives activated themselves with the watchword “going to meet candidates capable of becoming a deputy” to boost their campaign. . “General mobilization has even been decreed for the last two weeks of the campaign” according to the journalist from France info, Hugo Capelli who followed the movements of Marine Le Pen in Hénin-Beaumont on May 27. Despite its notable absence, the RN hopes to convince its voters to go to the polls on June 12 and 19.
Marine Le Pen, who wanted to be the main opposition force in the National Assembly after the presidential election, has revised her objectives downwards and is now aiming for the constitution of a parliamentary group to make her voice heard. of the RN in the hemicycle. Obtaining a majority is an ideal scenario but an accessible ambition for the deputy who preferred to fight the legislative battle alone, without concluding an alliance with the party of Eric Zemmour. As a result of the races, several constituencies will see two far-right candidates compete under two separate banners.
Who are the National Rally candidates for the legislative elections?
Marine Le Pen was one of the first to formalize her candidacy for the legislative elections through the voice of her right arm, Jordan Bardella, on April 28 from Fréjus. She confirmed in early May to stand for re-election in the 11th constituency of Pas-de-Calais. At the same time, the interim president of the flame party praised the ranks provided by the RN with candidates invested in 567 out of 577 constituencies. Of the six RN deputies present in the Assembly, only four are standing: Marine Le Pen and Bruno Bilde in the Pas-de-Calais, Sébastien Chenu in the North and Nicolas Meizonnet in the Gard. All the other candidates will form the “new generation” of the RN as wanted by Jordan Bardella and Marine Le Pen.
What result for the RN in the polls in the legislative elections?
According to polls carried out on voting intentions in the legislative elections, the National Rally could arrive on the third step of the podium on the evening of the first round. The presidential majority and the union of the left would impose themselves in front of the extreme right with between 3 and 5 points in advance. The RN could therefore pay for its late entry into the campaign and its desire to go it alone against the alliances formed around Emmanuel Macron and Jean-Luc Mélenchon. Survey studies are also advancing on the number of seats won by each political family and according to forecasts, the RN could hope for around fifty deputies elected to the National Assembly, a number amply sufficient to form a parliamentary group.
What result for the National Rally in the 2022 legislative elections?
Marine Le Pen’s result in the presidential election boded well for the legislative polls. For the second time in a row, the MP for Pas-de-Calais won in the second round, a score which gave her momentum to present herself as the first opposition force to Emmanuel Macron. But the momentum immediately subsided. In the current state it is difficult to predict the outcome of the legislative elections, but the lead taken by the presidential majority and the union of the left seems quite clear. The National Rally should still be able to count on its voters and obtain a number of deputies much higher than that obtained in 2017.
Why did the RN refuse an alliance with Reconquest?
He had announced it and camped out his positions, the National Rally relies exclusively on its candidates and the scores obtained during the presidential election for the legislative elections. The extreme party refused to ally with the party of Eric Zemmour despite repeated invitations from the polemicist and his vice-president, Marion Maréchal. The far-right party also opposed the sovereignist alliance formed by Les Patriotes by Florian Philippot and Debout la France by Nicolas Dupont-Aignan. There will therefore be no “national union” against the left-wing coalition in the 2022 legislative elections.
The executives of the National Rally justify the party’s choice to race alone with the same argument since the end of the presidential campaign: an alliance between the RN and Reconquest would be incoherent and misunderstood by voters after their strong opposition in April. “Eric Zemmour did everything to make Marine Le Pen lose and to prevent him from qualifying for the second round, and today he comes to ask Marine Le Pen to help him get elected. It’s still contradictory “, has also launched Jordan Bardella on May 3 on France 2.
If he refuses an association with Eric Zemmour and his party, formed for many who resigned from the RN, Jordan Bardella does not reject the voters of the polemicist. On the contrary, he calls on them to choose the National Rally in the first round of the legislative elections. “Come with us! Do not waste your vote even though with 7%, you will not pass the second round in any constituency”, he assures without taking a glove. In addition to voters, Jordan Bardella has tried to get hold of some rising figures of Reconquest! like Stanislas Rigault, president of the movement of young zemmourists. The young activist did not seize the outstretched hand of the RN and was officially invested as a candidate for Reconquest, in the Vaucluse, and his deputy is none other than Marion Maréchal.
Candidates Reconquest! against those of the RN?
Eric Zemmour had assured that he would not present Reconquest candidates! against those invested by the National Rally, a promise made with a view to sealing an alliance of the far right. But without an agreement, the polemicist’s speech did not hold up and 551 candidates were invested by Reconquest!, i.e. 551 constituencies in which the RN and Eric Zemmour’s party will compete.