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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Nimo Omer

Monday briefing: As far-right support surges, what next for France?

Marine Le Pen gives a speech during the results evening of the first round of the parliamentary elections in Henin-Beaumont, northern France
Marine Le Pen gives a speech during the results evening of the first round of the parliamentary elections in Henin-Beaumont, northern France. Photograph: François Lo Presti/AFP/Getty Images

Good morning.

Marine Le Pen’s National Rally (RN) has won a historic victory in the first round of voting in France’s snap parliamentary elections. The far-right party came first in the vote for the French National Assembly, drawing an unprecedented 12 million votes, almost eight million more than they acquired two years ago. The results have brought its extremist politics closer to the gates of power than ever before.

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