Marine Le Pen hails RN senate surge as ‘milestone’ towards French presidency, according to The Guardian and France 24

RN presidential candidate Marine Le Pen hailed a "historic victory" after the results were announced, according to France 24.

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Marine Le Pen hails RN senate surge as ‘milestone’ towards French presidency, according to The Guardian and France 24.

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RN president Jordan Bardella said the party's senators would form a group with UDR allies, according to France 24.

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Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally and its allies won enough seats in France's Senate to form a parliamentary group in the upper house for the first time in the party's history Sunday… — confirmed by: France 24, The Guardian
France's far-right National Rally (RN) party and its allies secured a record 14 seats in the right-wing dominated Senate in polls Sunday, effectively quadrupling its number in the 348-seat chamber… — confirmed by: France 24, The Guardian
A further two were elected from RN ally Eric Ciotti's Union of the Right for the Republic party — confirmed by: France 24, The Guardian
National Rally and allies gain record 14 seats and can form senate group for first time after indirect vote by local officials — confirmed by: The Guardian, France 24
Marine Le Pen hails RN senate surge as ‘milestone’ towards French presidency — confirmed by: The Guardian, France 24
France’s far-right National Rally gains ground in Senate, forms group for first time — confirmed by: France 24, The Guardian

RN presidential candidate Marine Le Pen hailed a "historic victory" after the results were announced — France 24
Le Pen is eyeing her best chance yet at power in elections next year when centrist President Emmanuel Macron steps down — France 24
Ciotti quit the right-wing Republicans party in 2024 after calling for an alliance with the far right — France 24
Le Pen is polling high as Emmanuel Macron prepares to step down after 10 years in office — The Guardian
Le Pen called the results a “historic victory” and a “major milestone” after her party cleared the 10-seat threshold to be able to form a senate group for the first time, after an indirect vote by… — The Guardian

The French investigative website Mediapart reported on Monday that the RN party president, Jordan Bardella, allegedly made antisemitic comments in writing in 2013, when he was a young party member — The Guardian, France 24

~~The far-right party entered the Senate for the first time with two seats in 2014, when it was known as the National Front, and won three seats in 2023~~ — France 24

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