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Macron calls for unified front against far-right

30 June

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EPA-EFE/OLIVIER MATTHYS

French President Emmanuel Macron urged for a wide democratic alliance against the far-right after early projections showed the National Rally leading in the first round of France's parliamentary elections.

"Faced with National Rally, the time has come for a broad, clearly democratic and republican alliance," the French leader said in a statement.

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