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    Default Marine Le Pen’s Far-Right Gets Chance to Change France in Sunday Parliamentary Vote

    HENIN-BEAUMONT, France — A desolate patch of northern France that thrived for centuries when coal was king is now the hunting ground of far-right leader Marine Le Pen, who promises a morose populace a new political order if they hand her a seat in parliament.

    Le Pen’s anti-immigration National Front, buoyed by her strong third-place showing in the spring presidential race, is looking for a presence in the lower house of parliament for the first time since the 1980s. Her chance to upset a system that has locked her party out comes in elections starting Sunday.


    Her aims of undoing the euro currency, shrinking immigration, protecting “Frenchness” and fighting what she calls Islamization have won her fans among extreme right movements around Europe. The potential impact of a Le Pen victory in the Henin-Beaumont region is so great that France’s leading voice on the far-left, fourth-place presidential finisher Jean-Luc Melenchon, decided to run for the same parliamentary seat to thwart her chances.


    Win or lose, Le Pen vowed in an interview this week with The Associated Press, “Nothing will be like before.”

    Marine Le Pen’s far-right gets chance to change France in Sunday parliamentary vote - The Washington Post


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    French far-right chief Le Pen leads in local race

    HENIN-BEAUMONT, France (Reuters) - French far-right leader Marine Le Pen took a commanding lead in the first round of a legislative election on Sunday, raising the prospect of a seat in parliament for her anti-immigrant party as her arch-foe, firebrand leftist Jean-Luc Melenchon, bowed out.


    Le Pen won more than 42 percent of the vote in a working class district in northern France where she has established a loyal base for the National Front, tapping into unease over high unemployment and years of economic decline.



    She faces a close-fought run-off next Sunday against a Socialist who should pick up votes from Melenchon supporters.
    But, buoyed by deep-running anger over an economic crisis many see caused by the euro zone, her anti-euro party is at its closest in years to winning seats in parliament, making it to the run-off in four constituencies across France.


    Le Pen, a dynamic 43-year-old, said the result in and around the former coal-mining town of Henin-Beaumont showed that her party remained a powerful political force after she placed came in the first round of this year's presidential election.


    "Tonight, we confirm our position as the third political force in France," she said in front of cheering supporters.


    The first-round election left President Francois Hollande on track for a Socialist-led majority in parliament after a solid win that should free him from having to rely on hard leftists or opposition conservatives to govern.


    The local battle between Le Pen and Left Front coalition leader Jean-Luc Melenchon gripped France as the two outsize personalities faced off in a scarred landscape of run-down miners' houses, towering slag heaps and economic despair.


    While they had promised to compete in a civil manner, the campaign turned nasty last week as Melenchon accused Le Pen of dirty tricks, notably distributing political tracts depicting him in Nazi garb or featuring messages in Arabic script.


    Le Pen will face Socialist Party candidate Philippe Kemel, who came in second place with 23.5 percent of votes, according to an official tally, in a final runoff on June 17.
    If she, or other National Front candidates in three other constituencies, wins the National Front would take a seat in the lower house National Assembly for the first time since 1986.

    French far-right chief Le Pen leads in local race - The West Australian


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    Default Re: Marine Le Pen’s Far-Right Gets Chance to Change France in Sunday Parliamentary Vote



    Sans surprise, les élections législatives ont été favorables au PS... qui attend prudemment la fin des élections pour annoncer les réformes fiscales qu'Hollande entend faire voter avant la fin de la session parlementaire le 2 août. Aucun coup de théâtre non plus au gouvernement: les nouveaux ministres ont été élus ou sont en bonne posture pour le second tour, tandis que ceux qui doutaient de leur capacité à se faire élire ne se sont tout simplement pas présentés. Tout cela est un peu facile mais les Français, comme d'habitude, n'y ont vu que du feu.

    Le FN récole environ 13 % des voix, on est donc très loin des "20 % de Français" que ce parti estime représenter, même si le score est meilleur qu'en 2007 et leur permet de renflouer les caisses. La défaite de Sarkozy à la présidentielle devait faire exploser l'UMP, laissant le champ libre au FN: ainsi parlaient Marine Le Pen ou Florian Philippot entre les deux tours de la présidentielle. Il n'en est rien. Comme à l'accoutumée, le PS et l'UMP se partageront les sièges de l'Assemblée.

    Cette perspective n'est pas du goût de Jean-Vincent Placé, sénateur écolo de l'Essonne, qui estimait hier sur France Inter qu'avec 5 % des voix, EELV devrait avoir droit à 20-25 sièges à l'Assemblée, rien que ça! Le fait que les estimations du second tour donnent plus de sièges à son parti embryonnaire qu'au FN avec 13% des voix n'avait pas l'air de le chagriner, cependant.

    La seule éclaircie d'hier soir était bien évidemment le résultat de deux figures médiatiques ayant pris une raclée mémorable : Mélenchon comme Rama Yadé ont été priés de retourner d'où ils venaient dès le premier tour.

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