France votes as the far-right seeks power

Polling stations opened across France on Sunday morning in a second-round vote that could see the country heading for a chaotic hung parliament or its first far-right government since World War Two.
French President Emmanuel Macron cast his ballot on Sunday (July 7) in the country's legislative run-off election, in which the centrist leader is set to trail behind opposition rivals and lose majority of the National Assembly.
The New Popular Front, France's left-wing coalition, won the most seats in the second voting round of parliamentary elections, leading pollsters said on Sunday (July 7)
France was on course for a hung parliament in Sunday's election, with a leftist alliance unexpectedly taking the top spot ahead of the far right. The major upset was set to bar Marine Le Pen's National Rally (RN) from running the government.
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen on Sunday (July 7) said France has "lost one more year" to curtail immigration, purchasing power and insecurity matters, after her National Right (RN) party suffered an upset against left-wing rivals in the country's legislative run-off election.