Le Pen's party failed to win any key positions in French parliament

The far-right National Rally party, whose formal leader is Marine Le Pen, known for her pro-Russian views, is outraged that they did not win any key positions in the National Assembly after the election.

Today, July 20, France elected the heads of eight standing committees of the lower house of the French parliament. The bloc of the current president Emmanuel Macron united with a coalition of leftists and even the right-wing Republican party to prevent Le Pen's party from gaining important positions.

The National Rally was also denied positions in the Bureau of the National Assembly, the parliament's governing body.

Le Pen responded by saying that this was a “shameful maneuver.”

“The agreement made between the 'macronists' and Laurent Wauquiez to give the latter the representation to which the RN is legally entitled in the Bureau of our Assembly is a shameful maneuver. Nearly 11 million voters were thus disenfranchised in favor of a party that garnered only 1.5 million,” she said.

After the European Parliament elections, French President Emmanuel Macron decided to dissolve the parliament because his political force suffered a crushing defeat and call early elections.

In the second round, the far-left New Popular Front won an unexpected victory, while the far-right took only third place, effectively being left behind, losing to Macron's coalition.

Read more about the election results and what the new French government might look like in RBC-Ukraine's article.

We also reported that Macron's ally Yael Braun-Pivet was re-elected as the speaker of the French National Assembly.

Read more about who Marine Le Pen is and her statements on Ukraine in RBC-Ukraine's article.