Marion Marechal's Call for a Right-Wing Coalition in France

Marion Marechal, an ally of Eric Zemmour and his far-right Reconquete party, expressed willingness to meet with Marine Le Pen and other right-wing leaders to explore collaboration. This comes after French President Macron called for shock legislative elections following his defeat by Le Pen’s far-right party in the EU vote.

Marion Marechal, a political ally of Eric Zemmour and his far-right Reconquete party on Sunday said she was prepared to meet with Marine Le Pen, Jordan Bardella and other leaders of France's right-wing bloc to explore options for collaboration. French President Emmanuel Macron set off a political earthquake on Sunday when he called shock legislative elections for later this month after he was trounced in the European Union vote by Marine Le Pen's far-right party.

In a sign Zemmour's party, which was set to score about 5% in the EU election, could reach out to its much larger rival National Rally, Marechal, also the niece of Marine Le Pen, said "a right-wing coalition to me seems more necessary than ever".

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