French election: Emmanuel Macron crisis as Marine Le Pen storms ahead in first round

Daily Express

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Round one on Sunday propelled the National Rally closer than ever to government but also left open the possibility that voters could yet block its path to power in the second and final round on July 7.
ABC News Go
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President Emmanuel Macron's centrists and the broad NFP left-wing grouping hope to stop the far-right from taking power in the lower house of parliament after it won roughly 33% of the vote at the first round last Sunday.
Deutsche Welle
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The first round of the snap legislative elections in France on Sunday was marked by high turnout and a record result for the far-right National Rally (RN).
Euronews
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An alliance of leftist parties, the New Popular Front, came in second in the election, garnering 28 percent, behind the far-right National Rally, which won 33 percent.
The Washington Post

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