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Final week of campaign before first round of French snap legislative elections

Campaign posters in Courbevoie, France, 21 June 2024. © Dylan Martinez/Reuters

A week before the first round of voting in legislative elections, President Emmanuel Macron has promised “change”, as the far-right National Rally (RN) is expected to present details of its political programme, and the leftist New Popular Front alliance bickers over hard left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon’s bid to become Prime Minister.

Polls suggest the far-right, anti-immigration RN will come out ahead in the election, whose first round is in a week, on 30 June.

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