Le Pen’s National Front Slips in First Votes of the Macron Era

Marine Le Pen’s National Front party slumped in special elections for two legislative seats that were the first electoral contests since President Emmanuel Macron and his party took power last June.

The far-right party’s vote fell to 7.5 percent in Belfort, eastern France, Sunday from 17.5 percent in the first round of legislative elections last June, according to Agence France-Presse. In Val d’Oise near Paris, the National Front’s score fell to 10 percent from 15 percent, AFP said.