French voters again head to the polls this Sunday in the first round of snap elections for the National Assembly. Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement National is hoping to turn the momentum of its victory in the June 9 European elections into national power, allowing it to form the first far-right government in France’s postwar history. While polling and seat projections need to be interpreted with caution, they show the Rassemblement National with an edge over its opponents in the race to form a new majority.

Le Pen’s closest competitor at this point is the Nouveau Front Populaire (NFP) alliance, which brings together France’s leading left-wing parties (the Parti Socialiste, Les Écologistes, the Parti Communiste Français, France Insoumise, etc.). On June 14, they announced a broad program for democratic and social reform. In a more distant third place, Emmanuel Macron’s coalition could lose over half of its seats relative to the outgoing National Assembly — with many wondering if the president’s decision to dissolve parliament signals the final death knell of Macronism as a political force.

A France Insoumise MP in the dissolved National Assembly, Clémence Guetté is seeking reelection to her former seat in the suburbs southeast of Paris. She spoke to Jacobin’s Harrison Stetler about the snap election, the difficulties of forming a left-wing alliance, and its chances of rallying broad working-class support.