The French far right achieved a significant result today in the Senate elections, conquering 14 seats in the high chamber and quadruple the number of senators, less than seven months from the presidential election in the country.
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27/09/2026
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Lusa
A National Union, a party of Marine Le Pen that had three senators, elected nine new parliamentarians, while its right-wing allies by the Republic (UDR) won two positions, in a vote that renewed just over half of the 348 seats of the house.
“ For the first time in its history, the National Union will form, with its allies [...] a group in the Senate”, wrote party president Jordan Bardella, on social network X.
“It is a historic victory and an important step that has been taken,” Marine Le Pen celebrated on the same social network, a great favourite in the voting intentions for the first round of the presidential elections scheduled for April 18.
The National Union had already become the largest party in the National Assembly during the legislative elections of 2024, with 119 elected (and three associated parliamentarians).
With more than 10 elected senators, the National Union will be able to form a group in the upper chamber, which means more speaking time, additional resources and a support channel for Marine Le Pen's presidential candidacy.
Marine Le Pen, 58, from the National Union Party, is running for the fourth time.
In 2012, it was third, behind François Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozy, and passed the second round in 2017 and 2022, but was defeated by Macron, who could not compete in 2027.