Overview

• Marine Le Pen said the Rassemblement National will vote down any incoming cabinet and "vote against everything" until early legislative elections are called or Emmanuel Macron resigns.
• She backed a possible suspension of the 2023 pensions reform but said the pause would not change her plan to censure, criticizing how the proposal was floated by Élisabeth Borne as a sign of government "nervousness."
• Le Pen delivered the remarks at the Sommet de l'élevage in Cournon-d'Auvergne, calling a return to the polls "inevitable" and declaring the start of a campaign.
• Outgoing Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu remains in a caretaker role conducting consultations, which the RN has rejected, as he seeks a way out of the impasse after his resignation.
• France has been stuck with a hung Assembly since Macron’s 2024 dissolution, with short-lived governments and repeated censure threats now escalating into an explicit blockade strategy by the RN.