French parliament adopts Le Pen party resolution for first time

The French lower house of parliament, the National Assembly, has adopted a resolution proposed by the right-wing nationalist National Rally party for the first time.

The non-binding text called for the termination of a decades-old agreement with Algeria and was approved on Thursday by an extremely narrow majority: 185 deputies voted in favour of the text, 184 against, and five deputies abstained.

This is the first time ever that a proposal for a legislative text or a resolution has been accepted that was submitted by a deputy from the National Rally faction, according to the National Assembly’s press office.

Former National Rally president Marine Le Pen, still a leading light in the party, wrote on X of an “immense success.”

In addition to Le Pen’s right-wing nationalists and their allies, the conservatives voted for the proposal. Deputies from Horizons, who are partners of President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist party, also voted for the text. Numerous deputies stayed away from the vote.