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- 1Rassemblement National forms Senate group for first time●France: le RN forme un groupe parlementaire au Sénat pour la première fois https:// lecho.be/economie-polit ique/europe/
France's Rassemblement National has formed a parliamentary group in the Senate for the first time, marking a historic step for Marine Le Pen's far-right party in the upper house of parliament. Reaching the threshold for an official group gives the party greater speaking time, committee seats and institutional legitimacy, and is being read as further evidence of its growing normalisation in French politics.
- 2Far-right RN to form Senate group for first time●Sans surprise, le RN va constituer pour la première fois un groupe au Sénat avec (au moins) 10 sénateurs. Le parti a rem
France's Rassemblement National will form a parliamentary group in the Senate for the first time, having won at least 10 seats in the indirect senatorial elections. The party picked up a seat in Gironde, another in Var, and two in Bouches-du-Rhône. Observers are framing the milestone as a first step toward broader institutional presence for the far right, long marginalised in the upper house.
- 3Molotov attack on RN meeting sparks claims of double standards●# Politique Un meeting du # RN attaqué au # CocktailMolotov par des « # antifascistes » = aucune condamnation. Dix-huit
A meeting of France's Rassemblement National was reportedly attacked with a Molotov cocktail by people described as antifascists, prompting criticism that the incident drew no condemnation. A commentator contrasts this with an 18-month prison sentence handed to identitarian activists who merely held placards against La France Insoumise, denouncing selective outrage in French political debate.