In 2017, he was an ally in the second round of Marine Le Pen. The next election will take place in 2022. French presidential debates, broadcast on TV, traditionally occurred only between the two rounds of the presidential elections. Legislative elections were held on 11 and 18 June 2017 to elect the 577 members of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic. Macron 28 % Lassalle 2 %. According to Mr Gallois, one of the biggest mistakes made by the French President during his presidency is agreeing to the EU Recovery Fund, which will see €750billion (£668billion) used as loans and grants to the countries hit hardest by the virus. She came third in 2012 with 17.9% of the vote in the first round and second in 2017 with 21.3% of the vote in the first round and 33.9% of the vote in the second round. The sovereignist had gathered 4.7% of the votes in the first round in 2017 before joining the president of the National Rally. All 2 Years 1 Year 6 Months Kalman Smooth Kalman. Early Covid Treatments Could Be a ‘Bridge’ to Vaccine, S&P 500 Jumps Most in Two Weeks as Banks Advance: Markets Wrap, Covid Doctors Find a Turning Point in Life-Threatening Cases, Inside the JPMorgan Trading Desk the U.S. Called a Crime Ring, Jeffrey Gundlach Tells Realtors in Low-Tax States to ‘Give Me a Call’. ", JUST IN: Boris Johnson making same mistake as Harold Macmillan in EU talks. However, because of his low approval rating, he announced that he would not seek re-election, becoming the first president of the Fifth Republic to decide not to run for a second term. "80% of the French do not want the Macron-Le Pen duel that is in the process of knitting us. The movement founded by Jean-Luc Mélenchon, la France Insoumise (FI), secured 17 seats, enough for a group in the National Assembly. He also reacted to the helicopter attack on Friday in Paris, in front of Charlie Hebdo’s former premises, believing that “our leaders do not understand. banner, coming in seventh place with 1.2% of the vote, announced that he would run again if he was healthy enough and could raise funds. As no candidate won a majority in the first round, a runoff was held between the top two candidates, Emmanuel Macron of En Marche! Sends Rapid Tests to States: Virus Upd... Pennsylvania GOP Asks Supreme Court to Step In: Campaign Upd... Trump Team Weighs Tough New Sanctions on Iran’s Financial Se... Trump To Announce Shipping Millions of Rapid Tests for State... Trump’s Offshore Oil Ban to Halt Coastal Wind Farms Too. According to the report, the leadership of the party seriously considered the possibility of not presenting a socialist candidate in 2022. Both rounds of the legislative election were marked by record low turnout. In 2017, he was an ally in the second round of Marine Le Pen. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. 2 min François Henri Goullet de Rugy is a French politician who served as President of the National Assembly from 2017 to 2018, and Ecology Minister from 2018 to 2019. He also reacted to the chopper attack on Friday in Paris, in front of the former premises of Charlie Hebdo, saying that "our leaders do not understand that the Islamists [had] declared war on us". The by-election was called due to the invalidation of the election of Isabelle Muller-Quoy, candidate of La République En Marche! National Rally took 23.3%, less than the 25% it took five years ago, and not much more than Le Pen’s first-round showing in the presidential contest -- so she isn’t broadening her appeal. New York Uptick; U.S. "80% of the French do not want the Macron-Le Pen duel that is in the process of knitting us. Fighting escalated in Karabakh ... Armenia accuses Turkey of direct intervention in the fighting. Macron’s party has struggled in recent elections, and the president has not announced whether he will seek a second term in 2022. “80% of French people do not want the Macron-Le Pen duel being knitted for us. French far-right leader Marine Le Pen plans to make a third bid to become president in the 2022 election, Le Figaro newspaper reported on Thursday. He wants France to "reprenons le controle", which roughly translates to take back control, and leave the EU through a referendum. France's globalist leader would then … Hollande went on to defeat incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy in the 2012 presidential election. See today's front and back pages, download the newspaper, We knew the ambitions of Xavier Bertrand, Valérie Pécresse, we knew the doubts of François Baroin, here is the time of Rachida Dati. Pres. [3], Marine Le Pen, the president of the National Rally, announced on 16 January 2020 that she was running in the election. Laurent Timothée Marie Wauquiez is a French politician who served as President of The Republicans. This result is six points up from the previous poll carried out in August, while trust in the government dropped five points.