Bardella: "A real stalemate" for the governement "This unprecedented mobilisation in a European election for more than 25 years shows a popular spirt against the ruling power that suffered tonight a real stalemate", said Jordan Bardella, head of the Rassemblement National list that is leading the election, with 23% to 24.2% of the votes, ahead of La République en Marche, 21.9% to 22.5%, according to estimates from four institutes. IMAGES