Far-right triumphs in French EU elections - Breaking The News

Far-right triumphs in French EU elections

9 June

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Far-right National Rally dominated France's European Parliament elections, surpassing President Emmanuel Macron's centrist party, exit polls showed.

Marion Marechal, descendant of the party's founder Jean-Marie Le Pen, secured a seat with her party, Reconquest!, clinching 5.2% of the vote, just meeting the threshold.

The far-right's ascendancy in France is evident, with National Rally leading at 32.4%, while Macron's allies lag at 15.2%.

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