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1984 European Parliament election in France

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Field	Value
country	France
previous_election	[1979](1979-european-parliament-election-in-france)
next_election	[1989](1989-european-parliament-election-in-france)
seats_for_election	All 81 French seats in the European Parliament
election_date	17 June 1984
leader1	Simone Veil
party1	UDF–RPR
last_election1	40
seats1	41
percentage1	43.03
party2	Socialist Party (France)
leader2	Lionel Jospin
last_election2	20
seats2	20
percentage2	20.76
party3	French Communist Party
leader3	Georges Marchais
last_election3	19
seats3	10
percentage3	11.21
party4	FN
leader4	Jean-Marie Le Pen
last_election4	new
seats4	10
percentage4	10.95

European Parliament elections were held in France on 17 June 1984. Four parties were able to win seats: an alliance of the centre right Union for French Democracy and the Gaullist Rally for the Republic, the Socialist Party and the French Communist Party, and the Front National. 56.7% of the French population turned out on election day.

The result was the first time the far-right Front National obtained important results – this time 10.8% and close to the declining French Communist Party. Jonah Birch argues in Jacobin that the FN's rise in popularity was caused by the Socialists abandoning their Keynesian platform the previous year and instead pursuing policies of austerity.

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References

Birch, Jonah. (19 August 2015). "The Many Lives of François Mitterrand".

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