National Rally Surges as France’s Leading Party Ahead of Elections

Marine Le Pen's far right National Rally has emerged as France's most popular party ahead of the upcoming snap parliamentary elections. An IFOP survey revealed that 36% of polled citizens support the party, with 60% predicting it will win the two-round ballot held on June 30 and July 7.

Marine Le Pen's far right National Rally is France's most popular party ahead of the snap parliamentary elections, according to an IFOP survey for Paris Match magazine published on Tuesday, with 36% of polled citizens hoping for it to win.

Asked which party was most likely to emerge as the winner of the two-round ballot held on June 30 and July 7, 60% of the panel cited the National Rally.

The survey, which did not simulate parliamentary elections with their two-round majority votes as such, did not include seat projections.