“A sign of hope.” Political leaders react to the unprecedented results of the elections in France

There will be no far-right government in France.Led by Jordan BardellaDespite favouritism in the first round of legislative elections and victory in the European elections.

The National Rally party, led by Marine Le Pen, fell to third place. With only 143 seats, The result of the siege of the left and the center This did not allow the National Rally Party to obtain the majority needed to form the government.

New Popular Front Left Alliance – From the Socialist Party, France Unbowed, the Communist Party, and the Green Party – achieved a surprising resultWith 182 seats, it is the largest political force in the French parliament but is just as far from the absolute majority needed to govern. It is followed by President Macron’s centrist coalition. Band for the RepublicWhich came in second place with 143 seats.

Despite the electoral success of the left and center in stopping the rise of the far right to power, No bloc was able to reach the absolute majority of 289 seats to form a government and avoid political instability and even a scenario of inability to govern. Therefore, the French parliament should be divided into three blocs: the left, the centrists, and the far right.

Political reactions to the “defeat of the far right” and the “victory of the left”

In Portugal, the President of the Republic said, early Sunday evening, without final results “What people decide is well decided.”Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa told reporters that he would be watching “with interest” the results of the legislative elections in France, although he “has great difficulty in commenting” without information.

“I am following what is happening closely and it is very important for Europe. Let’s wait for the final results and then I will speak tomorrow or the day after tomorrow”Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa made the announcement. Government leader Luis Montenegro had not made any statement until early Monday morning.

Secretary General of the Socialist PartyPedro Nuno Santos, He congratulated “the French left and its unity on this exceptional result.” In a post on the social network X., the socialist added that “United, the left defeated the far right at the ballot box, and now it will have to overcome it in governance and public policy.”.

It is the same message highlighted by Lever’s spokesman, Rui Tavares, who followed the results of the elections in France. “A sign of hope for Europe”After “years of seeing the far right normalised in France”. “Now, more than ever, there is a need for signs of responsibility in social and environmental management that defend democracy.”

“Excitement, disappointment, relief”

In the neighbouring country, Pedro Sanchez celebrated the selection of “two of the greatest countries in Europe”, the United Kingdom and France, which will host this week. “They have chosen the same path that Spain chose a year ago: rejecting the far right and adhering strictly to the social left.”.

The United Kingdom and France said, Yes to progress and social advancement and no to regression “Regarding rights and freedoms,” the Spanish Prime Minister wrote on the social networking site X.

The leader of Spain’s far-right Vox party congratulated Marine Le Pen and the National Rally party on their “incredible electoral progress” in France. Santiago Abascal added that “They have managed to bring together the radical Islamist and anti-Semitic left with the globalist and green right.”He left a message for the Spanish Popular Party. “In Spain, the Popular Party will also have to make a choice in the future,” he wrote on the X social network.

In Poland, Donald Tusk welcomed the results of the legislative elections in France. “In Paris, enthusiasm, in Moscow, disappointment, in Kiev, relief. Enough to be happy in Warsaw.”“The Polish Prime Minister wrote.

The German government also expressed “some relief” on Monday after the defeat of the National Rally party, at a time when Berlin fears the consequences of a far-right victory in France. “Right now, I think there is some relief, because the things we feared have not come to pass.”Steffen Hebestreit, spokesman for German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, said at a press conference:

The Kremlin said it had “no hopes” or “illusions” that relations between Paris and Moscow would improve after the French legislative elections..

“For Russia, the best thing would be the victory of political forces willing to make an effort to restore our bilateral relations. But at the moment, we do not see such a clearly declared political will on the part of anyone, so we have no special hopes or illusions in this regard.”Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.

Early Monday afternoon, US President Joe Biden said that And that France rejected extremism through the rise of the left in the legislative elections, and that Americans will do the same when they vote in the presidential elections in November.

“France rejected extremism. Democrats will reject it here too.”Joe Biden said in a phone interview with MSNBC: