French polling stations open for legislative vote | kuwaittimes

French polling stations open for legislative vote

June 19, 2022 | 10:51 a.m EDT

Paris: Polling stations opened in mainland France Sunday for the second round of parliamentary elections, with recently re-elected President Emmanuel Macron's second-term agenda on the line.

The centrist head of state risks losing his absolute majority in the lower house, owing largely to a strong performance by a newly forged left-wing alliance led by former Socialist Jean-Luc Melenchon.

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June 19, 2022 10:51 AM

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