“RN’s rise to power is only postponed” –

The Rassemblement National’s rise to power is “only postponed.” Marine Le Pen said so bluntly upon her arrival at the National Assembly, decrying the parliamentary “quagmire” that followed the legislative elections, with a chamber without a clear majority. “A certain number of maneuvers, in particular massive withdrawals, have deprived us of an absolute majority. It’s only a postponement,” explained the three-time presidential candidate, who arrived at the Palais Bourbon with regarding 120 elected members of her group.

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“We are in a quagmire because no one knows from what rank the prime minister will come and what policy will be pursued for the country,” he thundered. However, the RN is “the first party in terms of number of deputies and therefore we will play the role that our voters have entrusted to us,” he stressed. The far-right party will therefore present “a candidate for the perch,” that is, for the presidency of the Assembly, without much hope of obtaining it. “We have no illusions that all these fine people will be able to reach an agreement,” said Le Pen, while the left intends to keep the RN away from key positions.

“These people are profoundly anti-democratic,” he responded, invoking the “internal rules” of the Chamber which provide that “positions of responsibility be distributed according to the political weight of each group.” “If not by violating the rules of the National Assembly, you cannot exclude ten million French people” who voted for the RN, he insisted.