221 candidates withdraw from French second-round vote • FRANCE 24 English

will France’s so-called Republican front against the farri hold up dozens of candidates have stepped aside from Sunday’s second round to make it happen according to leemon the second round will now have 95 freeway races three times fewer than expected there will also be only one four-way race instead of five in all 221 candidates have withdrawn 132 of them are from the leftwing new popular front and 83 from the ruling Ensemble Coalition the two groups were the only ones to call for candidates to withdraw in the event of possible farride wins in their races there have been a few exceptions in the Government Camp in three constituencies where the national rally came first Ensemble candidates who finished third stayed in the race but will voters heed the endorsements for the second round while candidates withdrawing could thwart the national rally in its quest to get the required 289 seats it needs to get an overall majority a reluctance by some voters to cast a ballot for candidates they disagree with could also benefit Marine leen’s party

Opponents of France’s National Rally (RN) stepped up their bid to block the far-right party from power on Tuesday as more candidates agreed to pull out of this weekend’s run-off election to avoid splitting the anti-RN vote.
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33 comments

  1. The elite playing political games or musical chair just to cling to power. They could not care less about the citizens and Macron proved it on numerous occasions. The whole system sucks and Revolution is close

  2. If RN doesn't win a majority they can partner with 20 other conservative folks in parliament to pass legislation

  3. This tactic won't work. Also, in the next election RN will pick up a few more seats. So, eventually, they will have a majority. The Centrist candidates won't agree to NOT run next time

  8. It just seems very undemocratic that all parties gang up on another party so that they don't have a level playing field – every party should have the same chance as any other to win seats based on the number of people who vote for them. For years millions of people had no representation because of these tactics, now the RN is getting too big for that to work so well but it still means there's one rule for one lot of parties and another rule for the RN.

  18. That not democary ,,,,, That is rigging,,, french,,,,, it's late for any candidate to step down,,,,, french participating in different democary?,,,, french Authority trying to course choas,,,,,,,

  20. Bots are feeding from French reaent story it seems 🤔 They know whats beat for them and what they bring into the international table as their voice and action. Truly awaking times for those who any other perspectives cant be anything else bit motoves of instigating.

  26. The far left is at the gates of power! They want open borders, they are against the police, they are against assimilation, they hold antisemitic beliefs. The RN is not far right they are French left! Every country has a right to decide it's immigration policy. There is nothing wrong with reducing immigrants or increasing them it's the right of the country based on internal factors. You are not a racist for wanting less immigration and you are not far right for that opinion. The RN supports abortion, they want assimilation and secularism! They have opposed Macron's economic policies including pension reform. They are the most reasonable option for the French people.

  29. Iam far left, and whether people agree with far right politics, or not if people vote for it, it's called democracy, and these underhanded attempts to try and stifle people's choice is vety undemocratic.

  32. En tant qu’observateur étranger en dehors de la France, Je trouve que si L’Inde l’a fait et beaucoup de pays en Europe l’ont fait les Français doivent prendre leur destin entre leur main..pour contrer la monté dangereuse de l’islam…une France qui s’islamise très vite…une France que macron a décidé de vendre aux petrodollars arabes tout en amadouant les islamistes…Il faut montrer l’exemple et dire non à tout cela et à l’insécurité qui en découle, non aux crimes, non aux terrorisme, non à la baisse du pouvoir d’achat dû à une France qui n’arrive plus à controller le flux migratoire massif et illégal…Il faut saisir votre chance et arreter de vous culpabiliser sur l’avenir de votre pays…Il ne faut pas écouter les politiciens qui essayent de faire peur…vous n’êtes pas dupes…
    Allez Aux urnes pour donner une bonne claque à la politique et bureaucratie actuelles…Saisissez votre chance…

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