A senior party official in Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement National has stepped down, as recriminations fly within the French far right over its worse than expected election result.
Gilles Pennelle, an RN director-general involved in selecting candidates for the recent snap parliamentary election, submitted his resignation from the national leadership committee following internal party criticism over his choice of contenders.
The RN came third in Sunday’s run-off despite having won the first round, after leftist parties and President Emmanuel Macron’s centrists co-operated by withdrawing candidates to consolidate the anti-far right vote.
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