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🇫🇷France on Edge: RN Surges in Polls, Bayrou set to fall, and Macron Braces for September Showdown

Le Pen’s Rassemblement National leads with 31.5%, Bayrou’s premiership to collapse, a general strike looms on 10 September, and Macron fights to hold the centre as France edges towards chaos

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Julien Hoez
Sep 07, 2025
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