Snap Election Gamble Hands National Rally the Largest Bloc

After his party was routed by Marine Le Pen's National Rally in the June 2024 European Parliament elections, Macron dissolved the National Assembly and called a snap legislative election, gambling that voters would reject the far right when the stakes were made concrete. The gamble backfired: National Rally won the popular vote and became parliament's largest single party, while Macron's own bloc fell to third place, producing a three-way hung parliament with no workable majority.

Emmanuel Macron — Renaissance (formerly La République En Marche)

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