With 32 percent of the vote - the highest ever national score for Lepennism in anything other than a two-candidate run-off - the Rassemblement National has become the dominant force in French politics.
There are many reasons to believe that the RN will perform outrageously well; there are also reasons to believe that they will fall short of winning a majority.
The economic and European policies of Marine Le Pen are as dishonest, mendacious and incoherent as they were in 2017 and 2022.
Voting RN to punish Macron in a European election is one thing. Voting to put the RN into power is another thing entirely.
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