Far right 'at the gates of power' after historic France election result NBC News Top Stories By: Reuters and Nancy Ing and Yuliya Talmazan 1 July 2024 at 06:27 The far-right National Rally of Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella won France's election first round, a blow to President Emmanuel Macron. ยฉ Cyril MarcilhacyMarine Le Pen, leader of National Rally, said her party had practically erased the centrists of President Macron .