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French far right dominates polls three days ahead of snap elections

Surveys suggest French voters could hand Marine le Pen and Jordan Bardella, of the far-right National Rally party, more than 32 percent of ballots. REUTERS - Gonzalo Fuentes

Paris (AFP) – France's political future was up in the air on Thursday with the far right surging in polls but other forces fighting to the end three days before a high-stakes parliamentary vote.

Depending on the result, President Emmanuel Macron could be left in a tense "cohabitation" with a prime minister from an opposing party.

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