The dissolution and campaign of the French legislative elections seen by the American media

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Franceinfo travels the world to see how other countries judge the political upheaval that France is experiencing after the dissolution announced on the evening of the European elections. In the United States, we are particularly interested in the breakthrough of the extreme right.

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Emmanuel Macron announced the dissolution of the National Assembly on June 9, 2024. (FREDERIC PETRY / HANS LUCAS via AFP)

To decorate the TV sets of American channels, the Eiffel Tower sits in the background. The ABC presenter discusses “the shock wave of dissolution” – a procedure which does not exist in the United States – and the heavy defeat of Emmanuel Macron’s camp against the far-right party of Marine Le Pen.

The correspondents in Paris provide the why and how of the anticipated legislative elections, and draw the parallel between Jordan Bardella perhaps tomorrow at Matignon and Donald Trump potentially returning to the White House. Tim Cohn is an American lawyer, married to a French woman, he only finds one thing in common: “The withdrawal into oneself seems similar on both shores of the Atlantic on what we think is the unique history of our own country which must be re-emphasized in relation to the current situation. The slogan ‘America great again ‘ is to retreat into America.”

The European chronicler of Washington Post, based in Paris, talks about her friend, an organic farmer in Champagne, potentially seduced by the RN. For his part, the Wall Street Journal portrays Jordan Bardella as the 28-year-old star of the resurgent French far right.

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