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French voters on Sunday morning turned out in record numbers in the first round of a high-stakes snap election that could usher in a far-right government and shake the EU to its core.
At noon local time, 25.9 per cent of voters had already cast their ballot, compared with 18.43 per cent in 2022 — the highest turnout in more than four decades, according to Ipsos researcher Mathieu Gallard.
Voter participation is a key factor in this election because it will help determine how many of President Emmanuel Macron’s Ensemble candidates qualify for next week’s final round of voting.Macron called for the unexpected legislative poll earlier this month after losing European parliamentary elections to the far-right Rassemblement National (RN) by a wide margin.
Although the move stunned the public and angered many even in his own camp, Macron defended it as a “moment of clarification” for citizens to decide who they wanted to govern the country given the steady rise of Marine Le Pen’s RN party.
Macron also argued that the National Assembly, where his centrist alliance lost its outright majority in 2022, was riven by “disorder” that made legislating difficult.
At noon local time, 25.9 per cent of voters had already cast their ballot, compared with 18.43 per cent in 2022 — the highest turnout in more than four decades, according to Ipsos researcher Mathieu Gallard.
Voter participation is a key factor in this election because it will help determine how many of President Emmanuel Macron’s Ensemble candidates qualify for next week’s final round of voting.Macron called for the unexpected legislative poll earlier this month after losing European parliamentary elections to the far-right Rassemblement National (RN) by a wide margin.
Although the move stunned the public and angered many even in his own camp, Macron defended it as a “moment of clarification” for citizens to decide who they wanted to govern the country given the steady rise of Marine Le Pen’s RN party.
Macron also argued that the National Assembly, where his centrist alliance lost its outright majority in 2022, was riven by “disorder” that made legislating difficult.
