[The French far right will form a party group in the Senate for the first time] September 28th, France will hold a partial Senate reelection on September 27th, local time. A total of 178 of the 348 seats in the Senate will be re-elected, and 1,686 candidates will participate. 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 far-right party National Rally, said that the party is expected to obtain at least 10 senatorial seats together with the Right-wing Alliance of the Republic, 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. (CCTV News)