France heading to the polls in high-stakes snap parliamentary election
Ballot could see Marine Le Pen’s National Rally form government as polls suggest support for far-right party has strengthened
Voters in France are heading to the polls in the first round of high stakes, snap parliamentary elections that could lead to the far-right party of Marine Le Pen forming a government in a historic first.
While polls suggest support for Le Pen’s far-right, anti-immigrant National Rally (RN) has strengthened in recent days, the outcome of the two-round election, called three weeks ago by the president, Emmanuel Macron, following the crushing defeat of his allies in the European parliamentary elections, remains highly uncertain.