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National Rally formed its own group in the French Senate for the first time
Marine Le Pen’s party cleared the 10-seat threshold in the upper house after the senatorial elections. According to France Info, the result will give it greater weight in parliamentary debates.
National Rally secured enough seats to create its own group in the French Senate for the first time in the party’s history after the senatorial elections held on Sunday, September 27.
According to France Info, the far-right party won at least 10 seats in the upper house, the minimum required to form a parliamentary group and gain more influence in debates and legislative work at the Luxembourg Palace.
Marine Le Pen welcomed the outcome on X, describing it as a historic victory with less than seven months to go before the presidential election. In the same vein, Jordan Bardella said the new Senate group would speak for neglected territories, rural areas and mayors often left out of major decisions made in Paris, France Info reported.
France Info said the party won two seats in Bouches-du-Rhône and two more in neighboring Var. The outlet also reported that Edwige Diaz, RN vice president and a lawmaker elected in Gironde in 2022, won a Senate seat there, while Léon Levasseur was elected in Seine-Maritime.
Le Monde noted that a little more than half of the Senate’s seats were up for renewal in this indirect vote.
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