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Far-right bloc wins 1st round of French parliament elections with 33% of vote – ministry

2024.07.01 01:44

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Marine Le Pen, French far-right leader and far-right Rassemblement National (National Rally - RN) party candidate, deliver a speech after partial results in the first round of the early French parliamentary elections in Henin-Beaumont, France, June 30, 2024. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo

PARIS (Reuters) – France’s far-right National Rally (RN) party and its allies reached 33% of the national popular vote in the first round of parliamentary elections, the interior ministry said, while the leftwing New Popular Front came in second with 28%.

President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist bloc reached 20%, the ministry said.



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