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Le Pen insists National Rally will still win big in French elections despite slip in polls

France goes to the polls again on Sunday. The National Rally believes it can still win a majority despite a slip in polls. AFP - THOMAS SAMSON

Marine Le Pen has hit back at opinion polls suggesting her National Rally (RN) is losing its lead in this weekend's legislative election runoff, saying the far-right party still had the capacity to secure an absolute majority in the French parliament.

The centrist forces of President Emmanuel Macron and a broad-left wing coalition have withdrawn over 200 candidates from the runoff on Sunday in a joint effort to ensure the far-right National Rally is defeated.

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