The people of France have delivered a political shock for the ages. As of Sunday at 8pm, the far right was not so much at the gates of power but with one foot halfway through them, having finished top in both the European elections and the first round of the snap legislative poll President Emmanuel Macron called in the immediate aftermath.
Projections from the first round result on June 30 had left Marine Le Pen’s National Rally within touching distance of an absolute majority of more than 289 seats in the French Parliament, which would have given the nation its first elected far-right prime minister in the form of 28-year-old Jordan Bardella.
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