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The French elections: A new challenge for the EU?

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8 July 2024 to 8 July 2024 - Europe

This online Elections Monitor panel organized by EPC, at which Elise Bernard Head of Studies of the Robert Schuman Foundation will speak, will discuss the outcome of the French legislative elections of the 30th of June and of the 7th of July as well as their potential impact on EU policies and the functioning of the EU.

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French voters will elect a new National Assembly after it was dissolved by President Emmanuel Macron in reaction to the crushing victory of the far-right National Rally (RN) in the European elections. After the first round on June 30, the RN is in a position to win an absolute majority, but the left-wing coalition New Popular Front and Macron’s Together coalition have called to block it in the second round.

Will the snap election bring the political “clarification” that Macron said he expected from the vote? Will the far-right be in a position to form a government, or will the radical left play a major role? What will be the impact for the EU of these political developments in France? Will the outcome call into question France’s commitments to NATO and Ukraine
 
Participation is open to EPC members only, the media, and EU officials.

Intervenants

  • Elise Bernard, Head of Studies, Robert Schuman Foundation
  • Marc-Olivier Padis, Director of Studies, Terra Nova
  • Sophie Dupuy, EU Political Reporter, Contexte

    • Moderateurs

  • Eric Maurice, Policy Analyst, European Policy Centre

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