July 2, 2024--Written by Paul Wiseman for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--As expected, French voters are changing their minds about their government's direction, with immigration and energy policies topping their list of issues. In the first round of elections over the past weekend, Marine le Pen's National Rally (RN) coalition received about 34% of the vote in that round. Coming in second was the New Popular Front, a coalition of the center-left, environmentalists and the far left. President Emmanuel Macron's long-ruling centrist alliance landed in third with about 20% of the vote.