Ballot could see Marine Le Pen’s National Rally form government as polls suggest support for far-right party has strengthened
Voters in France are heading to the polls in the first round of high stakes, snap parliamentary elections that could see the far-right party of Marine Le Pen form a government in a historic first.
While polls suggest support for Le Pen’s far-right, anti-immigrant National Rally (RN) has strengthened in recent days, the outcome of the two-round election, called three weeks ago by the president, Emmanuel Macron, following the crushing defeat of his allies in the European parliamentary elections, remains highly uncertain.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/30/france-heading-to-the-polls-in-high-stakes-snap-parliamentary-election
Author : Ashifa Kassam
Publish date : 2024-06-30 05:00:11
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