根据艾伦·卡茨（Alan Katz）和萨米·阿德吉尔尼（Samy Adghirni）的报道，尽管民粹主义政党“国民联盟”（National Rally）在参议院中赢得了多个席位并提升了其影响力，法国的保守派共和党及其盟友仍有望保持参议院的多数席位。
By Alan Katz and Samy Adghirni France’s conservative Republicans party and its allies were set to retain a majority in the Senate, even as the populist National Rally gained several seats and boosted its position in the upper house.
投票结束后，共和党在参议院中至少拥有127个席位（此前为131个席位），不过仍有三个地区的选举结果尚未公布。《世界报》（Le Monde）的统计数据显示，共和党的盟友及独立候选人总共将获得至少72个席位（此前为73个席位）。此次参议院选举共涉及178个席位，占法国参议院总席位的略多于一半。
The Republicans held at least 127 seats following the votes, compared with 131 held previously, with three regions yet to release results late Sunday. Allied parties and individuals will have at least 72 seats, compared with 73 previously, according to a tabulation by Le Monde. A total of 178 Senate seats were up for grabs, slightly more than half of the total in France’s Senate.
法国的参议院采用与其他选举不同的投票制度：参议员由数千名地方官员（包括市长、议员和市议会成员）选举产生，这些官员的投票通常会遵循各自所属政党的立场。
The country’s upper chamber uses a voting system that differs from those used in other French elections. Senators are elected by thousands of local officials including mayors, legislators and city council members who largely vote along party lines.
虽然参议院有权提出或修改法案，但最终的决定权掌握在国民议会（下议院）手中，国民议会也负责决定哪个政党能够组建政府。
Although the Senate can introduce or amend legislation, the National Assembly — the lower house — has the final say on bills and determines which party gets to form a government.
在周日的选举中，“国民联盟”及其盟友及独立候选人总共将获得至少14个参议院席位，这一数量足以让他们在参议院中形成一个正式的政党团体。根据参议院的规定，一个政党团体至少需要拥有10名议员才能获得相应的权利和资源，例如更多的发言机会、额外的工作人员经费以及成立调查委员会的权利。
The National Rally and its allied party and individuals will hold at least 14 Senate seats following Sunday’s election, enough to create a formal group in the chamber. It’s a status that requires at least 10 senators and brings with it added floor time, extra funds for staff and the ability to create inquiry commissions.
“国民联盟”领导人玛丽娜·勒庞（Marine Le Pen）在社交媒体X上发文称这些选举结果是一个“重要的里程碑”，并表示：“这些结果超出了我们的预期。”
National Rally leader Marine Le Pen called the results “a major milestone” in a post on X. “The results go beyond what we could have hoped,” she wrote.
作为前总统尼古拉·萨科齐（Nicolas Sarkozy）和雅克·希拉克（Jacques Chirac）所属的政党，共和党在最近的直接选举中支持率有所下降，目前已成为国民议会中第五大政党。
The Republicans, the party of former presidents Nicolas Sarkozy and Jacques Chirac, has slipped in recent direct elections and is now the fifth-largest group in the National Assembly.
但市政选举决定了绝大多数有资格参加参议院选举的官员；长期以来一直重视地方政治的传统政党（如共和党和社会党）在这些选举中表现更为出色。共和党主席布鲁诺·雷特洛（Bruno Retailleau）同时也是2027年总统选举的候选人，他在周日的选举中成功连任参议员。
But municipal elections determine the great majority of officials eligible to vote in Senate races, and traditional parties that have long emphasized local politics such as the Republicans and the Socialist Party have held up better in those contests. Bruno Retailleau, president of the Republicans and also a candidate for the 2027 presidential election, was reelected to the Senate on Sunday.
虽然选举结果显示“国民联盟”（National Rally）的支持率有所上升，但这仍未能反映该党在明年总统选举民意调查中的实际受欢迎程度。根据这些民意调查，“国民联盟”的勒庞（Le Pen）是第一轮选举的热门人选，其次是前总理爱德华·菲利普（Edouard Philippe）和极左翼政治家让-吕克·梅朗雄（Jean-Luc Melenchon）。
While the election results show an increase in support for the National Rally, they still don’t reflect the level of popularity the party shows in polls of voting intentions for next year’s presidential election. In those surveys, National Rally’s Le Pen is the front-runner for the first round of voting, followed by former prime minister Edouard Philippe and far-left politician Jean-Luc Melenchon.
截至周日晚，“梅朗雄的政党”——“法国不屈”（France Unbowed）至少赢得了一个参议院席位。
Melenchon’s party, France Unbowed, won at least 1 Senate seat as of Sunday evening.