The head of the Reconquest list is one of the first to go to the polling station, in Hauts-de-Seine.
The presidents of the RN and LFI groups in the Assembly have already voted, respectively in Hénin-Beaumont and in Val-de-Marne.
More than 49 million French people are called to go to the polls to elect their 81 MEPs, who will sit for the next five years in the European Parliament (720 members in total).
Out of no less than 38 lists, at best seven of them seem likely to cross the required 5% threshold.
The polling institutes will communicate their first estimates of results at 8 p.m. (in mainland France) when the last offices in major cities close.
In New Caledonia, the vote is taking place under high security, three and a half weeks after the start of the riots which shook the South Pacific archipelago. “92% of polling stations” were able to open at 7 a.m. local time (10 p.m. Saturday in Paris), according to the High Commission of the Republic.
At noon local time, the participation rate was up very slightly compared to the 2019 vote (8.81% compared to 8.13%).
If you are completely lost, we have given you a little recap to explain what the role of an MEP is.
After certain overseas territories from Saturday, such as Polynesia, polling stations opened at 8 a.m. in mainland France. More than 49 million French people are called to the polls to nominate 81 French deputies to the European Parliament, which has a total of 720 members elected for a five-year mandate
Hello everyone. The French began voting on Sunday in mainland France to elect their MEPs, at the end of a campaign dominated by the National Rally (RN), which could achieve a historic score and inflict a scathing setback on Emmanuel Macron, two years after his re-election. Stay connected with us so as not to miss anything in this one-round election.
