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Is German Politics Dominated by Cartel Parties?

Sabine Beppler-Spahl November 27, 2025

Is there any better expression to describe the mechanisms maintaining the political power of parties that have been losing votes for years?

Head of Rassemblement National’s parliamentary group and three-time presidential candidate Marine Le Pen on Monday, September 8th, demanded that President Emmanuel Macron call snap legislative elections, arguing they are necessary to resolve the country’s ongoing political deadlock. “Holding the polls is not an option but an obligation,” Le Pen declared in the National Assembly. Her remarks came ahead of a confidence vote in the government of Prime Minister François Bayrou, which she predicted would mark “the end of the agony of a phantom government.” In her speech Le Pen accused the government was a government in name only and never steered the country away from dangers. She called for a great reset, starting with the resignation of President Macron to make way for solving the problems of the Republic. “Mr. Macron must resolve to step away from his role as majority leader and finally assume, if he is capable, his role as President of the Republic. In these circumstances, the President has only one option: to call new elections,” said Le Pen in her address. Le Pen accused President Macron of influencing party politics and acting out of self interest. “I hear that there will be no dissolution because ‘Emmanuel Macron would have no interest in it.’ Neither the rules of democracy nor the Constitution provide for the President of the Republic to act out of self-interest,” explained Le Pen to the fired-up crowd. She added, “He must act out of duty and in the best interests of the country.” Le Pen announced that her party will accept the result of an early election and promised If the people give us the honor of a clear mandate … an absolute majority, we will go to Matignon to implement, without waiting for the presidential election, a program of national recovery. Le Pen was attacked through France’s legal system and banned from running for office just at a time when the RN leader and her party saw a rapid rise in the polls amid growing discontent in the reigning establishment.

Le Pen Addresses National Assembly Calling for Snap Elections

TEC News / AFP September 8, 2025

Her remarks came ahead of a confidence vote in the government of Prime Minister François Bayrou, which she predicted would mark “the end of the agony of a phantom government.”

A woman walks past the Seine River and the French National Assembly in Paris on August 11, 2025.

Polls Spell Disaster for Both Bayrou and Macron

Javier Villamor August 28, 2025

France braces for a turbulent September as the prime minister faces a likely defeat in his confidence vote.

Tag: snap election

Is German Politics Dominated by Cartel Parties?

Le Pen Addresses National Assembly Calling for Snap Elections

Polls Spell Disaster for Both Bayrou and Macron

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