e15 | A run-off election starts in France. Macron and Bardella's double rule would weaken the country in the EU

July 05, 2024

The nationalist National Association of Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella and left-wing parties are seeking victory in the second round. On the other hand, President Emmanuel Macron's party, is hoping for better results than in the first one. Researcher at EUROPEUM Institute Zuzana Krulichová commented for e15.

Another possibility is that President Macron appoints a temporary caretaker government, but this would be a very unusual solution for the so-called Fifth Republic, which was established in 1958.

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#France #Parliamentary election #Emmanuel Macron #Marine Le Pen #Jordan Bardella

Zuzana Krulichová
Research Fellow

Zuzana Krulichová is a research fellow in the Global Europe programme at EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy and PhD student at the Department of European Studies, Charles University. She holds an MA in International Relations from Leiden University and an undergraduate degree in Area Studies from Charles University. Generally, she is interested in EU foreign policy and the role of member states in its development, relations between the EU and Indo-Pacific, and global infrastructure projects, such as the BRI or Global Gateway and non-coercive influence in IR. Before starting the PhD programme, she worked for People in Need.

e15 | A run-off election starts in France. Macron and Bardella's double rule would weaken the country in the EU

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