Some 26.63 per cent of voters arrived at the polls by midday – the highest at that time since 1981.
PARIS – French voters turned out in number on July 7 for the second round of a historic election that is expected to leave the far right as the biggest force in a deeply divided parliament.
And in Tourcoing, near the north-east city of Lille, 66-year-old retiree Laurence Abbad said she feared violence after the results are announced. “There’s so much tension, people are going mad,” she said.after his forces were trounced in June’s European Parliament vote, a gamble which seems to have backfired.
European Union officials, already learning to deal with far-right parties in power in Italy and the Netherlands, are watching France closely. Opinion polls now forecast that the RN will fall well short of the 289 seats needed for an outright majority in the 577-seat National Assembly, while still becoming the largest party.
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