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Images of the opening of a polling station in Paris, as the French vote on Sunday for the second round of early legislative elections, a historic vote in which the Rassemblement National (RN) could emerge victorious, although there is still some uncertainty as to whether the far right will be able to obtain an absolute majority in the Assembly and form a government. IMAGES
Voters cast their ballots in the European elections as polling stations opened at Strasbourg Town Hall. IMAGES
A polling station opens in the centre of Paris and voters start to cast their ballots for EU elections, in which the far-right National Rally is predicted to inflict a heavy defeat on President Emmanuel Macron's centrist grouping. IMAGES
France's largest squat - which has housed up to 450 migrants, most of them legal migrants according to associations - is being evacuated in the southern suburbs of Paris, 100 days ahead of the Olympic Games. IMAGES
After meeting with the largest farmers union FNSEA, French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal met with Rural Coordination, France's 2nd largest farming union. Its president, Veronique Le Floch, said it was "catastrophic" that the Prime Minister had not yet made any emergency announcements, while farmers continued to express their anger throughout France, in a protest that was mourned by the death of a farmer in Ariège, hit by a car at a roadblock. IMAGES
Freezing rain hit the north and east of France on Wednesday morning, making for icy road and slow traffic. The snowfall expected during this cold spell, made rarer by climate change, remains measured. IMAGES