Far‑right candidate withdraws after nazi photo scandal
Ludivine Daoudi, a candidate from the French far-right, has just announced that she will not be running in the second round of parliamentary elections, which will take place on July 7. The decision comes after a compromising photo was revealed, where Daoudi posed with an element of a Nazi uniform.
Ludivine Daoudi, running from the Calvados constituency in northwestern France, announced five days before the second round of parliamentary elections that she is withdrawing from the race. She made this decision in light of the scandal that has shocked the French public.
The controversy was stirred up by Emma Fourreau, a candidate from the left-wing New People's Front from Unsubmissive France and Daoudi's opponent in the same district. On Monday, Fourreau posted a screenshot of a Facebook post from Daoudi's account on the X platform. It shows the smiling far-right candidate posing in a Luftwaffe non-commissioned officer's cap with a swastika.
Daoudi received nearly 20 percent of the vote in the first round of early elections. In the current situation, voters from the Calvados constituency will have only two candidates in the second round: Fourreau, who published the compromising post about her political opponent, and Joela Bruneau from the right-wing Republican party.
Second round of elections in France
The far-right National Rally won in the first round of parliamentary elections in France. Marine Le Pen's party received 33.2 percent of the vote, while the New People's Front won the trust of 28 percent of the voters.
The centrist camp of President Emmanuel Macron received 20 percent of the vote, placing third after the first round. The second round of elections in France will take place on July 7.
