French President Emmanuel Macron has come under strong criticism for warning that a far-right or hard-left win in snap polls could spark a "civil war", with his opponents urging him not to scare the public.
On Monday, President Macron told the podcast "Generation Do It Yourself" that the manifesto of the National Rally (RN) party – which election pollsters put in first place – and their solutions to deal with fears over crime and immigration were based upon "stigmatisation or division".
