Voters flock to polls in second round of parliamentary elections

Published July 7th, 2024 - 05:38 GMT
France
A voter drops a ballot into a box at a polling station during the second round of France's legislative elections at the French embassy in Tokyo on July 7, 2024. France votes in legislative elections on July 7 that will be decisive in determining its political future and could see the far right become the largest party in parliament for the first time. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)

ALBAWABA - Polling stations throughout mainland France started on Sunday for a second round of legislative elections, which are projected to be won by far-right leader Marine Le Pen's National Rally (RN).

While the anti-immigrant, eurosceptic party may not achieve a landslide victory, a parliament with no majority would leave a divided France in political limbo and undermine its international stature.

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