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Rassemblement National and its ally UDR have enough seats to form a group in France’s Senate, which would bring more speaking time and resources.
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Rassemblement National (RN) and its ally UDR have enough senators to form a parliamentary group after Sunday’s partial election, RN chairman Jordan Bardella said. It would be the first Senate group for Marine Le Pen’s party and would give it more speaking time and resources. [1]
RN had three senators before the vote and gained nine seats, while UDR won two. Together, the parties have 14 seats, above the 10 needed to form a group. [1]
Nearly 100,000 local and regional representatives chose half of the Senate’s 348 members; French citizens do not elect senators directly. Le Pen called the result a “historic victory and an important step” in a post on X. [1]
The centre-right Les Républicains remain the dominant party in the Senate, which has less power than France’s National Assembly. [1]
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