Far-right advance in France prompts warnings from European leaders

01/07/2024 13:19 The Guardian

Donald Tusk warns of politicians advocating for Putin while Marine Le Pen’s allies celebrate RN’s gainsFrance election live – latest updatesMainstream European politicians have warned about the advance of the far right, after Marine Le Pen’s National Rally (RN) made historic gains in France’s snap elections, bringing the anti-immigration party closer than ever to power.Official results showed the RN and its allies received 33% of the national vote, well ahead of the leftwing alliance New Popular Front on 28%, with Emmanuel Macron’s centrist bloc reduced to third place with 20% of the vote. It remains unclear whether Le Pen’s party will emerge as the largest in the final round of voting next Sunday, or if the French president will be confronted with a hung parliament, leaving the EU’s second-largest economy in chaotic stasis. Continue reading...

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