As polls in France began to close in the past hour for voting in the Assembly (legislative branch) elections, it started to become clear that a sea-change may happen after all. Numerous outlets are reporting that early projections of the snap election results show voters moving to the right and away from current President Emmanuel Macron’s Renaissance party, likely spelling a massive victory for the right-leaning National Rally party in the first round of voting. The second round (run-off) will take place on July 7th.
via Politico:
According to early estimates by pollsters Ipsos, the far-right National Rally is on course to win 34 percent of Sunday’s vote while French President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist alliance suffered staggering losses, coming third with 20.3 percent of vote. The left-wing alliance made a strong showing with 28.1 percent of the vote.
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