President macron s ruling coalition. These days however some the loudest cheers come not for le pen, but for the partys more youthful president , Jordan Bardella. The paris born leader of the party has become a Household Name in french politics and over a relatively short period of time. His popularity could steer the french far right to its biggest win yet, in a nationwide election. So what is it, that is driving that support . We have sent our correspondent Hugh Schofield to the Cathedral Town of sens, 100 miles south east of paris, to find out. Theyre on a roll and they know it. Today, the National Rally is so far ahead in the french polls that their biggest worry is supporters like these taking a massive victory for granted and not turning out. Thats why the partys president has come to this market town. Selfie hell, of course, but all for the cause. This is the new face of frances far right. Jordan bardella is personable, popular, but above all, very young. And atjust 28, hes lead
good evening. we start with the european elections. it s still early with exit polls coming in from around europe, but we ve had our first projection of what the next european parliament will look like, and in many countries, far right parties have made big gains. exit polls show a historic win for marine le pen s national rally in france and is on course to trounce president macron s party. far right parties have also made substantial gains in austria and germany. exit polls say 27 countries voting, most of them since thursday, 373 million people were eligible to vote. that is considerably more than the 244 million who will be taking part in the united states in november. so, this is a very big deal, not only because it will set the direction for this parliament at a critical time in europe, with war in ukraine, the economy stuttering, migration a major concern for many, but because what happens in this election so often has a bearing on the direction of domestic politics in
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