Ex-president of France, Hollande, aims for another terms in office.
Ex-President of France, Francois Hollande, stunned folks by declaring his intent to contest the upcoming French parliamentary elections as a deputy. He justified this move by stating that the current predicament is severe - graver than ever before. The specter of the far-right looms large. "Since our Liberation from the Nazis, the far-right has never been this close to seizing power," he acknowledged.
Hollande admitted that it's quite unusual for an ex-president to run for deputy office in a constituency. In the past, he served as a deputy from Correze from 1988 to 1993 and from 1997 to 2012. He reigned as the President of France from 2012 to 2017.
Hollande advocates for the amalgamation of leftist parties to keep the far-right Rassemblement National (RN) at bay. He clarified that he has no personal aspirations to become prime minister. "I was the President of the Republic, I'm not pursuing anything for myself personally," he asserted. Instead, he implored the French to thwart the far-right in the second round of voting.
Last week, the far-right nationalist party Rassemblement National (RN) garnered about 31.5% of the votes in the European elections. Consequently, French President Emmanuel Macron disbanded the parliament and called for early elections to the National Assembly. These elections will take place in two rounds on June 30 and July 7.
If polls prove accurate, the RN could also secure similar impressive results in the parliamentary elections. This would make the party the most powerful entity in parliament and potentially even enable them to select the prime minister.
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Hollande's potential return to politics puts him in direct competition with other prominent figures, such as Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen, during the upcoming French parliamentary elections. Given Le Pen's strong performance in the European elections, keeping the far-right Rassemblement National (RN) at bay becomes a crucial factor for Hollande and other leftist parties.
