France is the closest it has been to having a far-right government since World War II, with the anti-immigrant National Rally winning the first round of snap parliamentary elections.
France is the closest it has been to having a far-right government since World War II, with the anti-immigrant National Rally winning the first round of snap parliamentary elections.
The RN's chances of winning power next week will depend on whether its rivals team up in the coming days to keep it from power. The RN might come first, but without an absolute majority.The sharp-suited Jordan Bardella, 28, has Italian roots. He was raised by his mother in social housing in the hardscrabble northern outskirts of Paris, but attended a semi-private Catholic school.
He casts himself as a potential"prime minister for purchasing power", pledging to cut VAT on power and fuel and scrap income tax for the under-30s. Mr Attal went on to serve as budget minister and spent a few months at the helm of the education ministry before Macron made him head of government in an attempt to fend off the far-right.
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