National Rally Group Seat Count after French Senate Election?

The 2026 French Senate election is scheduled for September 27, 2026, renewing série 2 — 178 of the Senate's 348 seats. The new senators are currently scheduled to take office on October 1, 2026, and the deadline for submitting new political-group membership lists and political declarations is currently set for October 5, 2026, at 4:00 PM CEST. The National Rally (Rassemblement National, RN) has never had a political group in the French Senate. A political group in the Senate requires a minimum