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Headline: UNCAPTIONED: France's National Rally Makes Record Gains In Senate Elections
Caption: France's National Rally Makes Record Gains In Senate Elections. Marine Le Pen's National Rally and its allies have secured a record 14 seats in France's 348-seat Senate. Le Pen described the result as a "historic victory" after the party achieved enough representation to form a Senate caucus for the first time. Nine National Rally senators were elected on Sunday, joining three elected in 2023, while two more seats went to its UDR allies. National Rally President Jordan Bardella said the party's senators would form a group with members of Eric Ciotti's Union of the Right for the Republic. The gains effectively quadrupled National Rally's representation in the Senate, where the party first won seats in 2014. The Republicans, centrists and Socialists are still expected to remain the three largest political forces in the upper chamber. The hard-left France Unbowed also secured its first Senate seat in the elections. The result comes months before the presidential election, in which Le Pen is standing as National Rally's candidate as President Emmanuel Macron prepares to leave office. Instructions: THIS VIDEO MUST NOT BE EDITED FOR LENGTH TO COMBINE WITH OTHER CONTENT
Keywords: Current Affairs & Politics,Marine Le Pen,National Rally,France,French Senate,Jordan Bardella,Eric Ciotti,UDR,Emmanuel Macron,Senate elections
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