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French President Emmanuel Macron and a new left-wing union were neck-and-neck in initial estimates of the first round of parliamentary elections, polls showed on Sunday. FRANCE 24's Delano D'Souza and Cole Stangler report.
Luka Karabatic avant la Pologne
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 24's James André reports from Les Répulicains headquarters in Paris.
Initial estimates put the hard-left veteran Jean-Luc Melenchon's NUPES bloc neck-and-neck with Macron's Ensemble! alliance in the first round of the French legislative elections, with 26.20% and 25.8% respectively. A “match" of which Melenchon's NUPES supporters say they are "very happy". FRANCE 24's Cole Stangler reports from the France Unbowed headquarters in Marseille.