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Macron visits eastern France following far-right win in Alpine by-election

A man casts his vote at a polling station in the 5th district of Paris for the second round of the mayoral elections on 28 June 2020. AFP - CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT

President Emmanuel Macron travels to eastern France on Tuesday for talks with farmers and discussions on social media regulation, against the backdrop of a far-right breakthrough in nearby Haute-Savoie.

On Sunday, voters in the Alpine Haute-Savoie département handed the far-right its first-ever parliamentary seat there, electing Antoine Valentin in a low-turnout by-election that many are reading as a dress rehearsal for the March municipal contests.

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