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France election live: first-round results give far-right alliance 33% of vote, as PM warns Le Pen at ‘gates of power’



Gabriel Attal urges tactical voting in second round to keep party from forming country’s first far-right governmentFull report: National Rally in reach of being dominant French partyExplainer: what happens now?‘Not a solution’: fears grow over prospect of win for far-right in FranceA national vote share is extremely difficult to translate into a projected number of seats in the assemblée nationale. That’s because the final outcome will depend on the results in the constituencies. While pollsters issue seat estimates, France’s polling watchdog does not endorse them.Here’s a guide to what comes next as voters gear up for the decisive second round of voting on 7 July, when France could decide to give control of its government to the far-right, anti-immigrant party for the first time in its history. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/jul/01/france-election-2024-live-updates-polls-results-marine-le-pen-national-rally-ens-nfp

Author : Helen Livingstone

Publish date : 2024-07-01 07:55:12

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