Elections in France: The country faces a historic choice

French voters go to the polls today for the first round of snap parliamentary elections that raise great uncertainty as they could mean the far-right will be in power within a week. The French will start arriving at the polling stations from 08:00 (local time; 09:00 Greek time) and voting will close at 18:00 and in the major cities at 20:00 (19:00 and 20:00 respectively ), while almost at the same time it is expected to announce the first results of the process which cannot be ruled out to overturn the French political landscape. With its 28-year-old president Jordan Bardela at the forefront, the far-right National Alarm (RN) party is credited, according to opinion polls, with 34% to 37% of vote intentions, and it is possible that something unprecedented will happen in the country: secure a relative or even an absolute majority of seats in the French National Assembly on July 7, the night of the second round. According to opinion polls, which are treated rather cautiously, as the uncertainty is considered great, the […]
Source: News Beast

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