Could France Be Ready To Exit the EU?

Snap election in France could empower the National Rally, whose Marine Le Pen in 2022 campaigned on a policy described as ‘Frexit in all but name.’

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President Macron at Paris, November 11, 2022. Gonzalo Fuentes/pool via AP

If it’s too soon to start considering the prospect of France leaving the EU — Frexit — the EU elections are already shaking up French domestic politics. That’s even though the rightward shift of Europe’s voters hasn’t upended the parliament at Strasbourg — where centrist parties look likely to hold control. This is because of President Macron’s gamble — a snap election to, en effet, see if French voters were bluffing by backing right-wing parties. 

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