With their own and France’s fates in the balance, candidates are making their last campaign pushes for the first round of voting in a pivotal and polarizing French legislative election.
People gather on the Republique Plaza during a rally in Paris, Thursday June 27, 2024. Anti-racism groups joined French unions and left-wing coalition in protests against the surging nationalist far right as French President Emmanuel Macron called snap elections following the defeat of his centrist alliance at European Union elections earlier this month.
With pollsters indicating that the anti-immigration National Rally could greatly increase its number of lawmakers in the National Assembly, the electionand hamstring Macron — who has been a driving force in EU decision-making — for the remainder of his second and last presidential term.A far-right victory, coming on the heels of its surge in French voting for the European Parliament this month, risks saddling the president with a National Rally prime minister, Jordan Bardella.
He cites fears that their ability to strike targets in Russia could suck nuclear-armed France into direct confrontation with the nuclear-armed government in Moscow. But France's two-round system of voting — with initial balloting on Sunday to thin down the field for decisive follow-up voting on July 7 — means the election's ultimate outcome is very uncertain.
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