[The French far-right National Rally said it has reached the threshold for forming a party group in the Senate for the first time] September 28th, France held a partial Senate reelection on September 27th, local time. A total of 178 of the 348 seats in the Senate were re-elected, and 1,686 candidates ran for election. This is the last national election held before France's 2027 presidential election. As of the first results announced on the evening of the 27th, Baldeira, chairman of the French National Alliance, said that the party is expected to obtain at least 10 senatorial seats together with the Republican Right Alliance, thus reaching the threshold required to form a caucus in the Senate for the first time. The final seat distribution is still pending confirmation of all vote counts.