« We have avoided a catastrophe,” said Alain Fischer, president of the French Academy of Sciences
Following a second round of voting over the weekend in a snap election called by President Emmanuel Macron, France’s left-wing New Popular Front has secured a leading plurality of seats in parliament. Defeating Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally party, the shocking victory has reportedly elicited a wave of relief among the country’s leading climate scientists. While further political uncertainty remains, and no group secured an outright majority of National Assembly seats, the implementation of science-hostile policies promoted heavily by National Rally candidates appears to be, for now, unlikely.
