thanks to president macron�*s early dissolution of the national assembly, france faces two rounds of ting in the next two weeks, after which parliamentary power could be in the hands of marine le pen�*s far—right national rally party. what would that mean for france, for europe? well, my guest is national rally member of the european parliament, fabrice leggeri. fabrice leggeri in paris, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for the invitation. it's great to have you on the show. let's start with your own personal political choice. you were a french bureaucrat, then you went to brussels to run an eu agency, then you decided to enter partisan politics not very long ago, and you joined the national rally party. what was it about marine le pen�*s party that attracted you? well, in fact, as the former executive director of frontex, the european border and coastguard agency, i realised that at some point brussels and especially the european commission didn't want to properly control the external borders of the european union, so we had to face — and we still have to face — massive illegal immigra

the leading forces of the new people's front, announced that he had lost the elections to the national assembly of the ultra-right national union of the marine le pen party, guillaume florquin, this is a symbolic victory for the marine le pen party, now also in the first round, such things, of course , they destabilize, the leader of one of the main political parties of the left, will not be a member of the national assembly, because he was knocked out by the far right, perhaps just such situations will force the left to be more careful. to what will happen this week and to create such a united, consolidated list of anti-anti-ultra-right candidates, but for this the left forces of the french republic and the french president emmanuel macron and his supporters from the revival party and other centrist forces will have to somewhat reduce the antipathy, which is very strong in them, as far as will they succeed? we will see already in the coming hours of this post-election night, i think all the main statements will be made and this week will be, i would say, decisive in the political history of fr

so far , your analysis of the french national assembly elections in see what the first round is. well, the french elections are actually a failure for the ruling party of france, that is, mr. macron's party in the european parliament elections. it was actually formed because of this . mr. macron lost in these elections and this defeat he suffered in any case, he wanted to improve his own image and in fact return to a place where by actually showing that the national community is actually a power that threatens to reach the presidency of france, with this view, he actually went to a place where he defeated the french parliament. he destroyed it and now we see the result that we have, in fact that is the result it is not that mr. macron really predicted , the predictions are really against the party. the ruler is actually advanced, and what we are seeing is actually a repetition of what happened in the second round of the presidential election in 2022 , that is, at that time, about 41 french people voted for mrs. marine lappin, but now now even less than that can be said, for examp

see, i reckon a lot of people around the world are trying to work out what a france led by a national assemblyfor the world. just a couple of things i've noted. one, the national rally says it will end the idea of franco—german cooperation at the heart of eu policy—making. it seems you've no interest in working with the scholz government in germany. but also when it comes to the us election in november, mr bardella said recently, "my heart leans towards donald trump," so that's the kind of france we can expect, is it? well, first of all, france wants to remain... we want to remain members of the european union. we want to remain in the eurozone. we want to remain but improve the schengen free movement area. we are members of the north atlantic alliance, and we want to be members of the alliance. we don't want to change now the integrated command, because there is a war... well, you do. you do. mr bardella has said that as soon as the ukraine war is over, he still wants to take france out of the integrated command structure of nato. that tells us something. this is what de gaulle did in 1966. t

no, the question is about the national assembly and it's about building a new majority for the country a new government will be called to rule. and this is not about whether president macron will be in power or not. after the election, he will remain in his position as president of the french republic. what the question that is being asked is how we want or what we want the national assembly, the parliament, to look like and what we want the government to look like. do we want the nationalists and populists, their crazy ideas that would ruin the country's reputation on the international scene? or do we want a large coalition of moderates, of responsible political leaders that are able, when they listen to the people, to propose true solutions to what the expectations are? minister, you'vejust said to me that you accept that the european election result was basically a result about french dissatisfaction... i agree. ..at what is happening here at home. but ourfailure... but how on earth... hang on. how on earth in three weeks are you going to turn around that deep dissatisfaction with y

macron and the french national assembly sleeps, stumbles and gets confused in words: how to hide biden's weakness becomes impossible even the pro-washington press, as well as the kuban, cuban tour of admiral gorshkov, why a warship dropped anchor at the island of freedom, incendiary work in the northwestern military zone of crews of anti-tank missile systems , a hurricane and an extreme landing in vienna, what... this is the program today in the studio of dmitry zavoisky. hello. foreign ministers of the brix countries gather in nizhny novgorod. a two-day meeting of the heads of diplomatic departments begins there today. this year russia chairs the organization. the ministers will discuss issues on the global agenda and talk about efforts to strengthen true multilateralism in international relations. they will definitely touch upon regional issues and... multifaceted cooperation within the framework of the association, this is security, economics, finance and humanitarian relations. the combined gdp in terms of purchasing power of the brics countries has already exceeded that of the g7. s

mention the fact that france is still largely a presidential-parliamentary republic, so the national assemblyat many powers; they will have to deal with internal affairs, which are not popular. the situation in the economy, the deplorable olympics , migrants would have to survive the olympics, the costs of which are also growing astronomically progression and the debt crisis is acute , by the way, speaking of the question of that, i won’t give any advertising now, i’ll have a debt crisis, yes, yes, so excuse me, but the tough conditions of television, so yes, we will sort out the french crisis, but immediately after the reclamation. go play with the kids, okay, dim, not dima, but dad, and you said it would be boring, then dim, super, dad, not dima, i want to go home, dim, not dima, but dad, my dad too, my own son still calls me by name, maybe i ’m raising him wrong, he’s naughty. yes, i'll continue regarding france, still concluding my speech today, on this matter, look, indeed, of course, in my opinion, yes, these elections to the national assembly, which france expects, will lead to a very

i mean a national assembly. we scary out reform in another way. so i think that the, this time to clarify the situation. mike crow told his team off to the results came in. i prefer a writing history rather than submitting to it. doesn't that suggest that this is a last ditch effort to do something, anything to re gain political authority because the results have been quite a slap in his face of them by those are the as i say, i can also be spying a mcgraw only. the one was being that every liked it. why is the beating that they, they, they stay and fight it disagree at that that he doesn't want to, to submit to the then say was what they get 40 to go to the ship even. do is one of the party to go the initiative, which i eat. so the, it was useful to take, because you disagree. i repeat that. and the french revolt there's, uh, i've shown this that this function and even patients, uh decide this fashion. that means that they want to add the solution o morris more effective sort of shows you patients that they want the things to happen. either the o

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nation. imam is still worried about the assembly elections. this is the last step our nation should take this step with the utmost dignity and note that in the previous periods, which was the taghut period, for elections , even though there were no elections , taghut works were done. and now all the gentlemen should understand that the islamic state is the islamic republic and the majlis is the islamic majlis and everyone's morals in the elections should be islamic morals and choose people who are not committed to eastern and western islam rather than the straight path of man. intention and islam , and i hope that this stage will be completed with merit and in a way that is desired by all of our nation we want them to act, due to the large number of applicants to register for the elections, the registration deadline is extended until march 2nd and the holding of the parliamentary elections. it will be postponed for a week. the first round of elections will be held on the 24th of march. bani sadr continues his election activities under the title

more plots will work today compared to the situation 2 years ago, when the french elected a national assemblyw dissolved. the main intrigue of the day is, of course, the national unification, as it was said, with the symbol of the young face of 22-year-old jordan bardela, experts and the latest polls predict up to 37%. the eu will be strong, mrs. marine lepen is not an enemy of moscow, this will have an impact on relations with russia, our participation in the ukrainian conflict. this will also affect the development of the european union, because she is not a fan of european integration. the dissolution of the national assembly after the pan-european elections in early june, which emmanuel macron agreed to, is called by some experts a shocking, humiliating step on the part of the french president, while others say that he had been thinking about this for quite a long time, since he did not have an absolute majority in parliament. it was increasingly difficult for him to carry out his own policy, to recall at least the fact that the french president had to carry out the sensational pension re

ever since emmanuel macron announced the dissolution of the national assembly on june 9 and called forparliamentary elections, the main question has remained: will the right be able to achieve an absolute or qualified majority? at least the latest pre -election polls show they could get between a majority and a qualified majority. most of the media call these results shocking. today polling stations will be open, as you said, until 6:00 pm, in most regions in some regions until 8:00 pm. local time, that is, 21 hours moscow time, immediately after this the first results can be published, one of the main issues is turnout, now the ministry of internal affairs is at least predicting a record turnout, according to official data 2.5 million more or four times more polling stations will operate today compared to the situation 2 years ago, when the french elected a national assembly, now dissolved, and the main intrigue of the day is, of course, the national unification. as it was said with the symbolic youthful face of twenty-eight-year-old jordan bardela, experts say that recent polls predi

to you people, and here i also announce the dissolution of the national assembly.ccording to political experts and even some members of the ruling renaissance party. the dissolution of the parliament by macron was a mistake and an inappropriate decision, because in case of failure and loss of the majority in the next parliament, a coalition government must be established, which will not be favorable in the current situation. the early and nationwide elections of the french parliament will be held in about 3 weeks on the 10th and 17th of july. shahzovar hosseini of paris radio and television agency. kommando ist norbe freimachen und und somit ist die hose verbunden ja. what you saw was the world according to the picture, as the end of the world. today it was presented to you. thank you for your cooperation, god bless you. it is the month of june and the work of harvesting golden clusters wheat has started from the surface of 1900 hectares of land in tabas city . here, 10 hectares of head wheat from kashmand was the same amount last year, but the yield is better than

nation . imam is still worried about the assembly elections. is the last step that our nation should take with the utmost merit and take into account that the previous eras that were the taghut period. was. for the election, even though there was no election in the works, there were some hard work, and now all gentlemen should understand that the islamic state is the islamic republic and the majlis is the islamic majlis, and everyone's morals must be moral in the elections. it should be islamic and choose people who are not committed to eastern and western islam and are on the direct path of humanity and islam, and i hope that they will perform this stage competently and in a way that is desired by all of our nation and by us. due to the large number of applicants to register for the elections , the deadline for extension and holding has been extended until march 2 the parliamentary elections are postponed for a week. the first round of elections will be held on the 24th of march. bani sadr continues his election activities under the title of p

after french president emmanul macron dissolved the national assembly, the euro began to fall in pricencies, and even fell against the ruble during trading this morning. below the mark of 95, where it has not been since mid-january, at these minutes the dollar costs 88.83, the euro 95.49. ilya, everything about economics. thank you, denis talalaev, for your economic review. the eu has summed up the preliminary results of the elections to the european parliament. more than 360 million europeans took part in them and elected 720 deputies. the leadership is confidently held by the european people's party, the one that five. 720 members of the european parliament spent millions of euros on this, all in order to elect deputies who will not even be able to pass laws, well, even such a european parliament, in theory , could influence the leadership of the european commission, for example, on the decision on the participation of europeans in the conflict in ukraine, another the question is, will he want to? robert became the symbol of these elections. who was shot on may 15 for being a eurosce

a scenario is quite likely in which the national assembly will be dominated by a national associationbut without an absolute majority. the strategy of the current majority in the election campaign was to... demonize the other parties, it will be very difficult to unite them, because the party of the extreme left wing will most likely also be quite strong, so there is a possibility that in france there will be no ruling majority, and this creates some uncertainty. emmanuel macron has already stated that he will not resign no matter how these elections end, while it is known that he has already scheduled a meeting of his ministers at the elysee palace for monday. regina sevastyanova, eva fedotova, ekaterina shamaeva and artyom krosulin, european bureau of vgtrk. in the united states, the debate has not subsided since the first pre-election televised debate; as the press reports, calls are increasingly being heard from those around the president to withdraw his candidacy. is joe biden ready to listen to his comrades, or does he still intend to go to the end? ekaterina shamaeva will talk

a prime minister, of course, it was also if jordan thought, the sort of the majority in the national assembly and learn from the coming. we got the new unity and national concord ends again under a democracy and nothing is more normal and healthy than alternating parties in the or the country needs reforms. and we need the absolute majority for that. and jordan valdez needs to be named prime minister by president mckay who was out a clear majority is always going to be in our shop and other maneuvers to avoid a real alternating power that the country needs the citizens. and that is for police and to renew your vote if you hold it for us on the 1st round. and if you bought it for somebody else, the moment please like right next use it on. they vote for the condition for freedom, security and unity. almost all on the sunday, if you vote for the candidates of the national union, the country is going to have that peace and fraternity again and the energy to be one country in the coming days. those are so please be aware of those that are afraid and just have to be afraid and that they would just

what is happening now is there is a regional vote for the national assembly. ehind me. can see, everyone's eyes are glued to the screen isjust behind me. and to the screen is “ust behind me. and then we to the screen isjust behind me. and then we expect, as i assume, we almost got him there, to hearfrom president cyril ramaphosa after this final result has been announced. yes, we are not quite sure what happened. before we got these final results of the chairperson was introducing the president, cyril ramaphosa. he is here and this will be his first statement since wednesday's elections. it is important to note the anc has said he is not here as the leader of a party. he has come to this event as head of state. this is because these are crucial elections for south africa. it is essentially a sort of transition in terms of how politics work here in south africa. he has come to address the nation. this happens with every election. the sitting president often comes and takes part in this event by the independent electoral commission. i assume going forward, becaus

so, this evening i dissolve our national assembly. icted macron's defeat; it was unclear how humiliating it would be. as a result, there was a real defeat of the presidential revival party. it concedes the right of national association to marine lepen more than twice, this is lepen’s own reaction to the president’s decision. we are ready to take power if the french give us confidence during future legislative elections. may become the new prime minister of france, what had a greater impact on the vote, the discontent of farmers or the dangerous bellicose rhetoric of the president towards russia is unclear, however, both of these factors are somehow connected with ukraine, the elections were a personal defeat for emmanuel macron. imagine that he should still lead in our country for almost another 4 years, he has... the discussion about the curse for european politicians of shaking hands with zelensky has resumed on social networks, only on friday he spoke in the french national assembly, on sunday it became known about the dissolution o

polling stations will work today compared to the situation 2 years ago, when the french elected a national assembly that was now dissolved. the main intrigue of the day is, of course, the national unification, as was said, with the symbol of the young face of twenty-eight-year-old jordan bardela, to whom experts and the latest polls predict up to 37% of the french vote, left. will also bypass the current government, polls predict 28% for them, and for supporters of emmanuel macron, only 21% of the french vote in the first round of elections is predicted by polls, which could give a completely unpredictable situation in france's foreign and domestic policy, experts say. this will not continue for long; it seems to me that a certain reaction will follow in french society, nevertheless. european integration. the dissolution of the national assembly, after the pan-european elections in early june, which emman macron agreed to, is called by some experts a shocking, humiliating step on the part of the french president. others say that he has been thinking about this for quite a long time, because without

speaking, the alternative for germany was similar to what the national front was. and then the national assemblyf marine le pen, that is , a party that, we cannot, we, we cannot call it fascist or nazi there, because it is not in any way, it is right-wing extremist, there are already many more people with rights, so to speak of very dubious quality views, but somehow this party is trying to be ah, i would say one that does not cause disgust in the majority of voters, it is clear that the majority of voters of the left direction, they do not perceive their inspiration, but at least they do not consider them there, conditionally speaking, directly frank, neo-fascists like, and once upon a time, the well -known a... a golden dawn in greece, that is, who actually almost to the greek parliament, and now the alter alternative for germany has reached, in my opinion, such a peak, because we can now see that the support for this party in germany reaches tens of percent in some places, in local elections in the east of the country, they can even. .. apply already at least to the leading positions in the l

the left has created a new the national front, if you look at public opinion polls, now the national assemblyains its position in first place with a margin of 5%, the new national front is in second place and only in third place... it sounds like the gap is very significant, somewhere a little, well, it depends from the polls, 7-10% is pro-presidential force, plus... pro-presidential force is now in the stage of decomposition, so the chances that macron will manage to get an absolute majority of the centrist pro-macron forces, this is now almost no one discusses how he will be able to use the situation of chaos, we will see, but in principle this idea... will have a very bad effect on the political life of france, even more so there will be noticeable contradictions, and now in fact he found himself in such a gap, as they say, between molot and between molot and unforgeable, that is, on the one hand , the right-wing radicals, on the other hand, the left-wing radicals, who are now creating... the basis of this new popular front, that is, the situation for macron now looks like a lose-lose situ

results of the elections to the european parliament and how they ended for macron and the french national assembly. well, also in the rhythm of jazz, which will surprise the moscow festival this year. this is the program today in the studio of dmitry zaboysky. hello. foreign ministers of the british countries are coming to nizhny novgorod. a two-day meeting of the heads of diplomatic departments begins there today. this year russia chairs the organization. the ministers will discuss. problems on the global agenda will talk about efforts to strengthen true multilateralism in international relations, be sure to touch on regional issues and multifaceted cooperation within the framework of the association, these are security, economics, finance and humanitarian ties. the total gdp in terms of purchasing power of the brics countries is already exceeded the big seven. sergei lavrov emphasized that having such potential, the state and members of the organization cannot afford it. these are russia, brazil, india, china and south africa with egypt, ethiopia, iran, the united arab emirates, saudi arabia joi

see, i reckon a lot of people around the world are trying to work out what a france led by a national assemblyally, what it would mean for europe and for the world. just a couple of things i've noted. one, the national rally says it will end the idea of franco—german cooperation at the heart of eu policy—making. it seems you've no interest in working with the scholz government in germany. but also when it comes to the us election in november, mr bardella said recently, "my heart leans towards donald trump," so that's the kind of france we can expect, is it? well, first of all, france wants to remain... we want to remain members of the european union. we want to remain in the eurozone. we want to remain but improve the schengen free movement area. we are members of the north atlantic alliance, and we want to be members of the alliance. we don't want to change now the integrated command, because there is a war... well, you do. you do. mr bardella has said that as soon as the ukraine war is over, he still wants to take france out of the integrated command structure of nato. that tells us somethin

now many residents of new caledonia say that the plan of the french national assembly risks reducing the vote of the natives of the region, the natives who want they are independent and in the past years they came to the streets for this independence, we feel oppressed , we are hasbanis, everything happens in france and we are surprised, what i know is that the french never thought about our situation , minister. france says it hopes that peace will return to new caledonia in the coming days. of course, he meant with the help of military forces and iron fist. or here in the floor of the french national assembly, where it is emphasized to send as many military forces as possible. france is sending more police force to new caledonia and on the other hand to looking for dialogue to stop the protests. hossein rouhani fard. south africa's ruling party has lost its majority in parliament after 3 decades. the results of the counting of votes indicate that the african national congress won 40% of the votes. this party won about 57 votes in the 2019 elections. in 1994, this party won the firs

and these, why the national, the assembly is busy. you've got it through the being built, the bar lies, doctor the selection. so i mean it's the live stuff. yeah. they couldn't do. it could be paralyzed because that would be a good be. i'm on that. these are, there's a difference of what the, what would would decide is it start off? i mean, every, by the mistake on that is the only responsibility is even the bullet, this mistake on that responsibility that this up, despite the doubting patient that with this situation, they will have to decide whether they want to give the majority to the president or they want to give much, i'll do this to him, right. president macro has 3 is left in office. if his property does less than expected and the parliamentary elections might resign. i don't think so because the french a both as, as really decided that they wanted him. eh, for an out of the 5, yes, there are mean $20.00 to $22.00. so i, i think that is damaged goods. politically is as it is really play on popular president. let's face of the

i'm just thinking of condiments. members of the national assembly overcomes complains if that should be i have been very unfair and that has been even just added to the in the counting and the voting process that happened last wednesday. we now have to explore the avenues of how we then, you know, intervene, one could be to, you know, into the take to this reading. and it also use of government to was another option that we need to explore. as to boy, quote, the 1st 13 of the national assembly of which with our seats and is including the other parties. if you were to just decide to do so, you know, the parliament would not great and therefore not be able to elect a president. now in theory, so the m k party written that to the will not physically big enough members present into full parliament to fully constitute. but that argument has been shut down by constitutional experts saying that with the actually puts up to parliament is irrelevant. considering that they only have 58 seats from before hundreds in the national assembly. and even those limit is actually how of a new part to th

and beyond the confidence of the national that assemblies. but what matters, i'm thinking, what makes, what makes him think he can reach the voters in 3 weeks when he's had 2 years in bonnie as managed to reach them and, and that time, what i mean most of all, uh we, we that we, that we can see what the goal is, the 15 to 20 percent of voters which was decided to abstain as it will be on the last, on what day we decide to do. and so that going to be, if we let ask to the vote, does whether they really want that it, it, they stream right in government to take on the responsibilities. or if they want to give a clear majority to ease a reform is project a to date, we don't save it majority to this room right about the we don't that even even the majority for the presidential, much for the presidential. a question. and this is why we are struggling and these why the national that assembly is busy, got it through the being built by the bar lies doctor the selection. so i mean, it took all our lives that they couldn't do. it could be power lies, th

k is threatening to avoid card disputing in of parliament. members for the national assembly overcomes complains, if that should be i have the baby and seeing that has been a reduced, added to the in the counting and the voting process that happened last year. please don't ever listen to this. we now have to explore and because of how we them into the one could be to, you know, into take to this reading and it will see the attachment to was another option that we need to explore as to blue. quote, the 1st searching of the national assembly of which with our seats, and including the other parties. if you were to just decide to do so, you know, the parliament would not great and therefore not be able to elect a president and now intrigues. so the m k party written that they will not physically be enough members, the presence of upon them in to fully constitute. but that argument has been shut down by constitutional expense saying that with the actually put up to parliament is irrelevant. considering that they only have 58 seats from before hundreds in the national assembly. and even thos

i was via and belong to the confidence of the national the assemblies. but what matters, i'm saying can, can what makes, what makes him think he can reach the voters in 3 weeks when he's had 2 years in bond. he hasn't managed to reach them. and that time, what i mean, 1st of all, uh we, we that we, that we can see what the goal is. the 15 to 20 percent of the vote does, which was decided to abstain as it would be on the last, on what day we decided to do. instead of going to the, if we let ask the vote does, whether they really want the, the, it, it, they stream right in government to take on the responsibilities. or if they want to give it to the majority to ease a reform is project. do they, we don't, they have a majority to this room right by the we don't that even even the majority for the presidential, much for the presidential a question. and this is why we are struggling. and these, why the national, the assembly is busy, go you through the being to study bird eyes. doctor the selection. so i mean, it's the live stuff. yeah. they couldn't do. it c

as to boy, quote, the 1st searching of the national assembly of which with our seats. and it's including the other parties. if you were to just decide to do so, you know, the parliament would not great and therefore not be able to elect a president. now in theory, so the m k party written that to the will not physically big enough members of prison into full parliament to fully constitute. but that argument has been shut down by constitutional experts saying that with the actually puts up to parliament is irrelevant. considering that they only have 58 seats from before 100 in the national assembly. and even those limit is actually home of a new part to the, to go over the is the, the happy ego dispute seems to be on the copyright issues around this. the parties name the has also been legal disputes relating to eligibility of too much of the victim in the national assembly. and in terms of forming code, this is the, the m k party. i'm seeing it would consider forming a coup with this. the government would be a, is these unconditioned back to the governing party. gets ri