Question
This political party formed to ensure the existence of the “cordon sanitaire” and ensure that the far right did not take power in a July 2024 snap parliamentary election. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this far-left party that currently holds a plurality, but not a majority, of seats in the French National Assembly.
ANSWER: New Popular Front [or NPF or Nouveau Front Populaire or NFP]
[10m] Before the election, the far-right National Rally, led by this politician and Jordan Bardella, was projected to win a majority of National Assembly seats. In 2018, this politician changed the party’s name from National Front to National Rally.
ANSWER: Marine Le Pen [or Marion Anne Perrine Le Pen]
[10e] This current President of France led the “En Marche” party, which later fused with other centrist French political parties to form the “Ensemble” coalition.
ANSWER: Emmanuel Macron [or Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron]
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Summary
2024 ACF Fall at Cornell | fall | Y | 8 | 22.50 | 100% | 100% | 25% |
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 8 | 17.50 | 100% | 75% | 0% |
2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 6 | 23.33 | 100% | 100% | 33% |
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 10 | 20.00 | 100% | 80% | 20% |
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 9 | 17.78 | 100% | 67% | 11% |
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges | fall | Y | 5 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 14 | 534.29 | 1,800% | 2,143% | 1,400% |
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 9 | 21.11 | 100% | 89% | 22% |
Data
Claremont A | Claremont C | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
UCLA B | Claremont B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
UCSD | UCLA A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
UCLA C | UCLA E | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
USC | UCLA D | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |