Defeated far right decries 'alliance of dishonour'
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00:00Let's get a feel for the mood at National Rally headquarters this Monday morning at France 24's Emerald Maxwell is standing by
00:08Emerald it's been a huge upset then but the party has still won a
00:12Considerable amount of seats the most in its history. Is it then glass half-empty or glass half-full?
00:21Well Karis it was no doubt a disappointing night for the far-right National Rally or RN
00:26There's no doubt about that
00:27They finished a disappointing third whenever all the polls said that they may well achieve an absolute majority in the National Assembly
00:34The highest turnout and decades didn't work in their favor in the end
00:37They're on the cusp of power the closest they've ever been and it was snatched away at the last moment as the party leader
00:43Jordan about a lab put it by an unnatural alliance and alliance of dishonor between left-wing and center parties
00:51They only got
00:53143 seats as the so-called Republican front the rallying together of other parties and the French people to keep the far-right out
01:01that held once again as it has in previous elections, but on the bright side as
01:06Jordan Baudela reminded us last night in his speech. They did manage to double the number of seats in the National Assembly
01:12It's a huge score for the party and they already they're playing the long game
01:16They've already got their eye on the prize in three years time the presidential elections in
01:202027 as Marine Le Pen said it it is actually only deferring our victory
01:27meanwhile Jordan Baudela said that right now this the country was being pushed into uncertainty and
01:33Instability into the hands of the far-left that narrative will serve them well in the days and weeks and months
01:39To ahead as all those parties try to build the government together and also to govern it
01:45They have a lot of differences. So it's going to be a tricky challenge and that could serve the national rally very well indeed