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French far right eyes power after victory in first round of election
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National Rally leader and candidate Marine Le Pen speaking after partial results in the first round of the early French parliamentary elections in Henin-Beaumont on June 30.
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LONDON – French President Emmanuel Macron has called on the people of France to form “a broad alliance of democratic forces” and vote for any candidate able to keep the far-right and anti-immigrant National Rally from winning power in a second and decisive round of parliamentary elections scheduled for July 7.
The National Rally – or RN as it is known by its French-language acronym – made sweeping gains in the country’s first round of parliamentary elections on June 30.
