French election result: Far right wins 1st round with 33% of votes

Deutsche Welle

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The RN was seen winning around 34 per cent of the vote, exit polls from Ipsos, Ifop, OpinionWay and Elabe showed, in a huge setback for President Emmanuel Macron who had called the snap election after his ticket was trounced by the RN in European Parliament elections earlier this month.
CNA
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But it remained unclear if the far-right National Rally (RN) party of Marine Le Pen would win the absolute majority of seats in the new National Assembly in the July 7 second round.
The Manila Times
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Cities across France are once again set to burn, as militant activists take to the streets to violently protest the results of the first round of the snap election, which saw the far-right National Rally party soar ahead in the polls.
Daily Mail
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The coalition of left-wing parties garnered 28.1% of the vote, behind the Rassemblement National and its allies but ahead of President Emmanuel Macron's coalition.
Le Monde

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