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French flock to the polls for the second round of voting in the snap parliamentary elections as Macron’s gamble plays out
France goes to the polls on Sunday for the second round of its most crucial election in decades.
The hard-Right National Rally (RN) topped the first round of voting last month with 33 per cent, while the Left-wing New Popular Front alliance came second with 28 per cent.
Together, Emmanuel Macron’s centrist coalition, came a distant third with around 20 per cent.
Mr Macron called the election after being trounced by Marine Le Pen’s National Rally in European elections in June – shocking France and taking some of his closest allies by surprise, according to reports.
The French president had hoped the vote would see the electorate reject the hard-Right.
However, critics warned that it would prove a reckless gamble which could propel extremists into government.
