• RN’s top candidate, Jordan Bardella, is credited with 32.5% of voting intentions.
• Left-wing parties France Unbowed, the Greens, and Communists made slight gains.
• Bardella’s final election rally in Paris is scheduled for later.

According to an opinion poll published on Sunday, France’s far-right National Rally (RN) party holds a commanding lead in voting intentions for the upcoming European Parliament elections. However, the Elabe Institute, which conducted the polls for broadcaster BFMTV and weekly La Tribune Dimanche, stated that voting intentions remained “very volatile.”

“One in three voters could still change their minds before the election, especially on the left.”

The poll surveyed 1,803 people between May 29 and 31. The extreme-right RN’s top candidate, Jordan Bardella, is credited with 32.5 percent of voting intentions in the poll.

Valerie Hayer, an ally of center-right President Emmanuel Macron, came second with 16 percent, followed by center-left Socialist candidate Raphael Glucksmann with 13 percent. While the standing of the main candidates remained broadly unchanged from a similar poll a week ago, left-wing parties France Unbowed, the Greens, and Communists made slight gains.

Meanwhile, the right-wing opposition Les Republicains and the extreme-right Reconquete were below the five percent threshold needed for representation in the European Parliament. In France, the European Parliament elections primarily serve as a key gauge of national politicians’ popularity. Bardella was scheduled to hold a final election rally in Paris later on Sunday.

Around 5,500 supporters and RN party heavyweight Marine Le Pen were expected to attend. Opinion polls indicate that far-right parties are making gains in several European Union countries in the elections on June 6-9.

Also Read

France President Macron criticizes ‘Ineffective’ UK Rwanda deportation law

Macron criticizes Britain's plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda as "ineffective"...