Populist nationalist right gains ground in France, wins in Slovenia in Sunday elections | Eastern NC Now

The political right, and especially its populist nationalist anti-immigration elements had a trifecta in Sunday's elections, taking control of parliament away from the left in Slovenia and electing lots of new local officials in France, in addition to kicking the Social Democrats out of control in the German state of Rheinland-Pfaltz for the first time in 35 years.  While the German election got the most attention, the results in France and Slovenia are also significant.

In Slovenia, the left-liberal globalist coalition went down to defeat, losing a total of 13 seats in the 90 seat parliament.  Those 13 seats instead fell to parties of the populist nationalist right and the traditional conservative, whose four parties are expected to form the new government.  In the new parliament, parties of the right hold 48 seats to 40 seats for pareis of the left, with two held by ethnic minority parties representing the Italian and Hungarian minorities.

Two of the ruling coalition parties lost seats, the left li9beral globalist Freedom Movement lost 12 seats and its Social Democrat allies one seat.  However, because his party got one more seat that the Slovenian Democratic Party, the outgoing prime minister is claiming victory and saying he intends to try to form a coalition.  In the meantime, there are numerous reports of election fraud by the ruling coalition.

On the right, the populist nationalist anti-immigration Slovenian Democratic Party of former Prime Minister Jansa won 28 seats, a gain of one, and his opposition allies in the traditional conservative New Slovenia Party also gained a seat to win 9.   A new traditional conservative party The Democrats, running for office for the first time won 6 seats, and a populist nationalist party, Rasni, won 5 seats, its first time winning seats.  Rasni was originally organized by opponents of Covid lockdowns and other extreme measures related to Covid..

In France, the National Rally won at least 50 mauors around the country in the runoffs to add those those they won outright in the first round.  This is a big milestone for them, as they now lead in the polls for the next presidential election.  Other parties ganging up on them in the runoffs is not working any more, although it was tried again this time.  In addition, a breakaway faction of the traditional conservative Les Republicains that is closely working with the National Rally, scored some gains of its own, including winning the mayor of the major city of Nice.

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2026/03/23/french-elections-le-pens-national-rally-claims-historic-breakthrough-establishment-erodes-and-far-left-alliances-flop/

https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/french-municipal-elections-rn-strengthens-its-local-presence/

https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/slovenia-conservatives-contest-election-result-jansa-golob/