Chapitre D'ouvrage Année : 2024

A Tipping Point for Far-Right Populism in France

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The 2024 French European election took place against the backdrop of an economic and cost-of-living crisis in a context marked by global uncertainty arising from the war in Ukraine, social unrest and deep political discontent with President Emmanuel Macron. Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement National (RN) emerged as the big winner with 31.4% of the vote, while Macron’s Renaissance list trailed far behind at 14.6%. Meanwhile, Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s left-wing populist La France Insoumise (LFI) won 9.9%, reflecting current internal dissent within the party and deep ideological divisions exposed by the Israel–Hamas war. National issues dominated the electoral agenda in June. Populist voting across both sides of the political spectrum was strongly fuelled by political discontent with Macron, making the 2024 European elections primarily a ‘second-order’ national election. A crucial test for Emmanuel Macron, the outcome of the European election led to the decision by the incumbent president to call a snap legislative election. The election confirmed the electoral strength of the RN; however, it showed the revitalization of the Republican Front against the far right, which blocked Le Pen’s party from winning an absolute majority, delivering instead a hung parliament split into three blocks.

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hal-04760802 , version 1 (30-10-2024)

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Gilles Ivaldi. A Tipping Point for Far-Right Populism in France. Gilles Ivaldi; Emilia Zankina. ECPS Report: 2024 European Parliament Elections under the Shadow of Rising Populism, European Center for Populism Studies (ECPS), pp.165-177, 2024, ⟨10.55271/rp0070⟩. ⟨hal-04760802⟩
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