This is a subject which has not provoked any media offensive from the National Rally (RN), any political initiative from Jordan Bardella, party boss, or even from Marine Le Pen, the “natural” candidate of the nationalist camp for the 2027 presidential election.
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Tuesday, the National Assembly solemnly voted on the constitutional bill relating to the freedom to resort to voluntary termination of pregnancy (abortion).
And this time, 46 RN deputies, including Marine Le Pen herself, voted for, 14 abstained and 12 voted against.
In November 2022, during the debates on the same subject, the RN deputies had already split into three camps: 38 had voted for, 23 against, 13 had abstained.
The “for” votes were already in the majority, but for RN strategists, it was necessary to do even better.
The silence of nationalist leaders on abortion is not innocent.
This subject, more than any other, is a source of divisions within the RN parliamentary group.
If MPs...
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