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French President Emmanuel Macron's centrist alliance won the first round of lower house elections on Sunday by a razor-thin margin over the left bloc of Jean-Luc Melenchon although it is likely to extend its lead in next weekend's second-round runoff. Charlotte Minvielle, NUPES candidate for the French living in Northern Europe, speaks to FRANCE 24.
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen sailed through to parliamentary run-offs, winning over 55% of the votes in her constituency in northern France on Sunday (June 12). FRANCE 24's Luke Shrago reports.
France's greens and the left wing party of Jean-Luc Mélenchon have joined forces in a "historic moment" to face Macron before June's parliamentary elections.
France: Emmanuel Macron's party wins majority of seats in French Legislative elections
IN THE FRENCH PAPERS - Monday, February 20: It's election fever and the candidates are hitting the campaign trail hard. The left has definitively "buried" any hopes of an alliance between Socialist presidential candidate Benoît Hamon and far-left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon. François Fillon is hoping to move past #Penelopegate and Marine le Pen is in Lebanon...
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