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Macron urges democratic alliance against far right after National Rally's election success

Jordan Bardella, President of the French far-right Rassemblement National (National Rally - RN) party, visits a polling station to vote in the first round of the early French parliamentary elections, in Garches, near Paris, France, 30 30 June , 2024. © EUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier

French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday called for a "broad" democratic alliance against the far right after the National Rally party won the first round of parliamentary elections, according to estimates.

"Faced with the National Rally, the time has come for a broad, unequivocally democratic and republican alliance for the second round," he said in a statement.

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