June 30, 2024 (EIRNS)—Today France’s President Emmanuel Macron was handed a crushing defeat in the first round of the French parliamentary elections. His centrist coalition finished a distant third to Marine Le Pen’s National Rally party, ahead in at least 297 of the 577 districts, and the leftist New Popular Front, leading in at least 153 districts. Macron’s “Ensemble” grouping leads in 65 of the districts. By the time the second round on July 7 determines the seats in the Assemblée Nationale, the Tories in Great Britain are expected to get a similar kick in the side of the head, from the July 4 polls. Both results should echo the across-the-board rejection of the Atlanticist candidates that occurred in the June 9 EU elections.
