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Manuel Bompard, coordinator of the ultra-left party France Unbowed and a candidate for the left-wing coalition (NFP-LFI), votes in the first round of the legislative elections at a polling station in Marseille. IMAGES
France's main employers' organisation, the MEDEF, is holding hearings with party and coalition leaders ahead of the snap parliamentary elections. The leader of the centrist Horizons party, Edouard Philippe, is the first to be heard. IMAGES
Left-leaning lawmakers, who have defected to rob President Emmanuel Macron's party of its outright majority in France's National Assembly, make their first appearance as "Ecology, Democracy, Solidarity" (EDS). Seventeen members of Macron's La Republique En Marche (LREM) party formed the new group to pursue greener policies, "modernise" the political system, and reduce social inequalities. IMAGES
French riot police clashed with demonstrators marching through the streets of Rennes after celebrating the results of the second round of the French general election, which saw the New Popular Front (NFP) come out on top ahead of the presidential group and the far-right National Rally. IMAGES
LFI supporters gathered at Place Stalingrad in Paris burst into joy at the announcement of the results of the second round of the French general election, with the left wing expected to win between 172 and 215 seats according to initial estimates IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte are in Le Touquet, where they voted in the second round of the legislative elections. IMAGES
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