 This is an absolutely critical time for him to prove to these Democrats that he can keep their confidence. When he said that none of them have asked for him to step aside in the leadership, he is testing that proposition in the next couple of days. However, five House Democrats have called on him to leave the race. Runoff elections in France today could usher in the country's first far-right government since the Nazi occupation in the Second World War if the National Rally Party wins the majority.