French election exit polls show strong result for Marine Le Pen and far-right

Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally party secured the first round of France's parliamentary election, exit polls show.

Candidates who win more than 12.5 per cent of the vote will go through to the second round of voting on July 7 – which will determine the final make-up of France's next National Assembly.He called the snap poll after his party lost out to Ms Le Pen's National Rally in the European Parliamentary elections last month.

In a written statement to the press, Mr Macron called on voters to rally behind candidates who are "clearly republican and democratic", which, based on his recent declarations, would exclude candidates from the RN and from the hard-left France Unbowed party. "I will be a 'cohabitation' prime minister, respectful of the constitution and of the office of President of the Republic, but uncompromising about the policies we will implement," he said.Elections for the 577 seats in France's National Assembly are a two-round process.

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