The National Rally achieves a historic success, with at least 80 deputies – Le Monde

Marine Le Pen speaks following the announcement of the results of the legislative elections, in Hénin-Beaumont (Pas-de-Calais), June 19, 2022. CYRIL BITTON FOR “THE WORLD” It’s an unprecedented wave . For the first time in the history of the Fifth Republic, the far right is sweeping over the National Assembly with between eighty and one hundred deputies, according to projections by the institutes published Sunday at 8 p.m., against six under the previous legislature. The Rassemblement national (RN) won, in the majority vote, the equivalent of three times the delegation of thirty-two deputies elected proportionally in 1986. It should surpass that of La France insoumise of Jean-Luc Mélenchon, which made telling the party’s acting president, Jordan Bardella, shortly after 8 p.m., that the RN was “the first opposition force”. “It’s a nightmare,” replies Rachida Dati, on the TF1 set. Read also: Results of the 2022 legislative elections, live: Aymeric Caron, Julien Bayou and Olivia Grégoire elected in Paris, Rachel Keke victorious in Val-de-Marne Emue, in Hénin-Beaumont, Marine Le Pen, re-elected MP for Pas-de -Calais at 61.03%, was pleased to win “a very powerful group of deputies from the National Rally in the Assembly, which thus becomes a little more national”. In concrete terms, the far right will benefit from increased resources, both in terms of influence, speaking time and the number of parliamentary collaborators. The question of the very sensitive presidency of the Finance Committee, which recent usage attributes to a member of the first opposition group, still remains unresolved. “It’s up to Parliament to decide,” kicked in touch Gabriel Attal, Minister Delegate in charge of public accounts, questioned in the wake of the first results, on TF1. Vote of Marien Le Pen, June 19, 2022 in Hénin-Beaumont, in Pas-de-Calais. CYRIL BITTON FOR “THE WORLD” Within the future RN group, outgoing deputies Sébastien Chenu, in the 19th district of the North (57.15%), and Bruno Bilde, in the 12th of Pas-de-Calais (56.21 %), were re-elected. Many of those closest to Marine Le Pen largely conquered their constituency for the first time, including Jean-Philippe Tanguy in the 4th constituency of the Somme (54.59%), Caroline Parmentier in the 9th of Pas-de-Calais ( 53.31%), Franck Allisio in the 12th of Bouches-du-Rhône (51.37%), Laurent Jacobelli in the 8th of Moselle (52.43%) and Kévin Pfeffer in the 6th of the same department (56, 96%), where Florian Philippot had never managed to anchor himself, or even Edwige Diaz in the 11th of the Gironde (58.70%). “Opposition without concession” In an equally unprecedented way in its history, the RN propels many women into the light of the Palais-Bourbon, including Florence Goulet (2nd district of the Meuse, 53.50%), Hélène Laporte and Annick Cousin ( 2nd and 3rd constituencies of Lot-et-Garonne, 39.44% and 56.97%), Yaël Ménache (5th in the Somme, 60.79%) or Julie Lechanteux (5th in Var, 55.98%). In the Pyrénées-Orientales, Louis Aliot is delighted with the “grand slam” in the four constituencies of the department, with the victory of the four RN candidates, whom he nicknames ” [s]es Louisettes”: Sophie Blanc (53.87%), Anaïs Sabatini (61.23%), Sandrine Dogor-Such (54.11%) and Michèle Martinez (56.28%). “It’s magnificent, we can never thank Marine enough for having initiated all this since 2010”, rejoices the mayor of Perpignan, who did not expect such a success. You have 42.06% of this article left to read. The following is for subscribers only.