French right-wing parties were mired by infighting Thursday as campaigning intensified for snap elections called by President Emmanuel Macron, but his government faces a more unified challenge from the left. Coming just two years after he failed to secure a majority in parliament to buttress his second presidential term, Macron’s gamble on early polls risks strengthening the far-right National Rally (RN) and has sparked meltdown among traditional conservatives. Macron’s camp has dubbed itself "Ensemble pour la République" (Together for the Republic), a senior member told AFP Thursday after a strategy meeting with Attal and chiefs of allied parties. Their message will be "do you want (RN president) Jordan Bardella or (LFI founder) Jean-Luc Melenchon in Matignon," the prime minister’s office, a source close to Attal said. Meanwhile, left-wing leaders were occupied with who might be prime minister if their alliance comes out on top. As the French political landscape experiences a once-in-a-generation seismic shakeup, FRANCE 24’s Delano D’Souza is joined by fellow reporters Clovis Casali and Claire Paccalin and guest analyst Yves Sintomer, French Political Scientist and Professor of Political Science at the University of Paris VIII.
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