Date not confirmed. Start your Independent Premium subscription today.The Ifop poll of voting intentions for the May 2019 European Parliament elections showed the RN rising from 17 per cent at the end of August to 21 per cent now, moving ahead of the LREM on 20 per cent for the first time.The RN’s 21 per cent, combined with the 7 per cent of Nicolas Dupont-Aignan’s Debout La France (Stand up France) party and one per cent each for Florian Philippot’s Les Patriotes and François Asselineau’s pro-“Frexit” Popular Republican Union gave far-right parties a combined 30 per cent total.This was up five percentage points from 25 per cent of voting intentions at the end of August.Sunday’s poll provides striking evidence that France has shifted towards the far right since Macron.It also gives further cause to believe that the European Parliament elections in 2019 are shaping up to be a major battle between centrist, pro-EU parties such as Macron’s LREM, and far-right formations that want to stop immigration and globalisation.The Prime Minister of Hungary has threatened to shut down NGOs that help refugees; run a state backed hate campaign against George Soros and removed constitutional checks and balances. Please continue to respect all commenters and create constructive debates.Are you sure you want to delete this comment?Are you sure you want to mark this comment as inappropriate?Please be respectful when making a comment and adhere to our,You can find our Community Guidelines in full,Create a commenting name to join the debate,There are no Independent Premium comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts,There are no comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts,Support free-thinking journalism and attend Independent events,The far-right politicians winning power across Europe,Far-right parties overtake Macron for first time in France poll,Before our eyes, Italy is becoming a fascist state,“census” of the country’s Roma traveller population,You may not agree with our views, or other users’, but please respond to them respectfully,Swearing, personal abuse, racism, sexism, homophobia and other discriminatory or inciteful language is not acceptable,Do not impersonate other users or reveal private information about third parties,We reserve the right to delete inappropriate posts and ban offending users without notification. as French far-right parties gain a combined 30 per cent share of voting intentions Our journalists will try to respond by joining the threads when they can to create a true meeting of independent Premium. Seach for a Member with several criteria. La ville d’Amiens s’est facilement imposée pour la rentrée politique des Marcheurs, vendredi 11 septembre. He said: 'Our party puts Slovenia, Slovenians first',The leader of the first far-right party in the Bundestag in decades says Islam is not a part of Germany; wants a ban on public Islamic symbols and wants to leave the euro. Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement National moves ahead of Emmanuel Macron’s La République En Marche! He said: 'Let us put an end to this policy of Islamisation as soon as possible',The runner-up in the French presidential election wants policies to favour ‘native’ French; has stated she would hold an EU referendum and wants to deport irregular migrants. He said: 'A German or English football team hasn’t been German or English in the classical sense for a long time',The chairman of Poland’s governing party says migrants spread infectious diseases; wants to ban gay people from being teachers and has sought to implement constitutional changes to give government more power over courts. Politique : La République en marche en quête de rassemblement. You can also choose to be emailed when someone replies to your comment.The existing Open Comments threads will continue to exist for those who do not subscribe to Independent Premium. Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement National moves ahead of Emmanuel Macron’s La République En Marche!