French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has addressed reporters after her National Rally (RN) party suffered an upset against left-wing rivals in the country’s legislative run-off election. ‘It’s unfortunate,’ she said. ‘We will lose another year, another year of illegal immigration, another year of purchasing power loss, another year of insecurity exploding in our country.’ The far right has drastically increased the number of seats it holds in parliament but fell short of expectations.
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