French far-right leader Marine Le Pen urged MPs from her National Rally party on Saturday to prepare for the possibility of dissolving the National Assembly in response to what she called the government's "parliamentary collapse."
"I think it would be very dangerous to think that there will be no dissolution" of Parliament, the National Rally leader said at the opening of the "National Union" conference, which brought together members of the French and European parliaments from the National Rally and the Union of the Right for the Republic (URR) coalitions, nearly a year after the first round of the last legislative elections.
Referring to the "parliamentary collapse" of the executive duo, President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister François Bayrou, the far-right leader said that the presidential camp "cannot allow this phenomenon of disintegration to continue for long."
Le Pen added, "Emmanuel Macron may therefore be inclined toward dissolution," referring to the dissolution of Parliament.
Le Pen is unable to run for re-election after a court in March disqualified her for five years, which she appealed to the Court of Appeal.
By the time of the presidential election in the summer of 2026, the Paris Court of Appeal is due to hear the case of Le Pen, a three-time candidate who was sentenced to four years in prison, two years of which she will wear an electronic bracelet, and a five-year disqualification from running for office for embezzlement of public funds.
Le Pen pointed to the "possibility, but not the likelihood" of dissolving parliament, as the July 8 deadline approaches, when Macron will regain his power to do so. She warned that "history will not repeat itself: if we dissolve (parliament), we must win" the legislative elections.
In a surprise decision, Macron dissolved parliament in June 2024. In the subsequent legislative elections, the far right was unable to win against the "Republican Front," a coalition of the traditional left and right.
However, the National Rally achieved a historic breakthrough, winning 89 parliamentary seats, making it the kingmaker in an assembly divided into three blocs.
The National Rally announced that it would not vote in favor of a no-confidence motion submitted by the Socialists over the much-criticized pension reform.
However, the party gave Bayrou an "appointment" in the fall during discussions on the social security and state budgets.
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