PARIS — French voters are going to the polls on Sunday for the primary spherical of snap legislative elections that might deliver a far-right authorities to energy simply weeks earlier than the opening of the Paris Olympics.
The Nationwide Rally, guided by Marine Le Pen and her protégé, Jordan Bardella, hopes to win an outright majority within the Nationwide Meeting, the decrease home of parliament. Bardella, 28, would substitute Gabriel Attal as prime minister and centrist President Emmanuel Macron could be compelled to share energy. Macron’s coalition ranks third within the polls, behind the Nationwide Rally and a united left-wing bloc.