The French president is using the war in Ukraine as he tries to persuade voters to back him, saying: 'Nothing would be worse than adding French disorder to the world's disorder.'
French voters are going to the polls in an election that could see a left-wing coalition deprive Emmanuel Macron's centrist alliance of a parliamentary majority.'s camp will take the largest number of seats, it remains unclear whether it will reach the 289 threshold needed for an absolute majority in the National Assembly.
While no poll has predicted a NUPES majority, it could become the largest opposition grouping, possibly breaching the 200 mark.Complicating things further, the far right is being tipped to achieve its biggest parliamentary success in decades.
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