Far right wins in first round of French elections

France’s far-right National Rally (RN) party has achieved a decisive victory in the first round of the country’s snap parliamentary elections. According to pollsters IFOP, Ipsos, OpinionWay, and Elabe, Marine Le Pen’s RN secured about 34% of the vote. The left-wing New Popular Front (NFP) coalition garnered around 29%, while President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist Ensemble […]