Moscow (MidLand) – On Sunday (7/7) the French people will vote in the second round of the crucial parliamentary elections.
In the second round, Marine Le Pen’s right-wing nationalist party will face the left-wing New Popular Front and President Emmanuel Macron’s Ensemble alliance. Polling stations open from 8 a.m. local time (0600 GMT) in mainland France.
Approximately 49 million people have the right to vote.
The French Interior Ministry had previously recorded the highest voter turnout in 40 years in the first round of the June 30 elections.
The Nationalist Party and its allies fared more favorably than the Ensemble Alliance in the first round of early elections, called by Macron after his centrist allies suffered a humiliating defeat in the European elections.
The move creates problems for Macron’s electoral alliance, which is in third place, well behind the New Popular Front.
The latest opinion suggests that the eurosceptic Nationalist Party will become the largest party in parliament after the second round of voting, but will fail to achieve the absolute majority that would allow it to govern alone.
Macron has said he will not resign before the end of his term in 2027.
Source: Sputnik
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