Jews fearful of far left after French parliamentary election | Eastern NC Now

France's parliamentary election had the following results among major parties and blocks in the second round (with difference in vote percentage from first round):

Nattional Rally - 37.1% (up 3.9 points)  143 seats

New Popular Front (far left) - 25.6% (down 2.4 points) 182 seats

Ensemble (Macron) - 24.5% (up 3.2 points) 168 seats

Les Republicains (trad. right) 5.4% (down 1.1 points) 45 seaats

The New Popular Front includes the French Communist Party but is led by its largest component, France Unbowed, which is to the left of even the communists.

Although winning a lot fewer votes, the far left won significantly more seats.  That has French Jews scared because they consider the far left a big threat to them.  Leading French Jews sounded off to the Times of Israel, one leading rabbi saying he saw "no future" for Jews in France as a result of the far left's vote.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/no-future-for-jews-prominent-french-jews-decry-far-lefts-gains-in-vote/

Among those elected on the ticket of the  far left New Popular Front was an ANTIFA leader who is on France's terrorist watch list and who  has been involved in anti-Jewish activities.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/07/08/antifa-leader-on-national-security-watchlist-elected-to-french-national-assembly/

A former Israeli Defense Minister has urged France's 500,000 Jews to flee the country, saying "there is no time" over the kingmaker status of the anti-semitic far left.  He pointed out that the leader of the France Unbowed party, the core of the New Popular Front, has regularly bashed Jews and Israel.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/07/08/former-israeli-defense-minister-urges-jews-to-flee-france-after-rise-of-far-left-there-is-no-time/