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Political uncertainty consumes France as country prepares for run-off vote4.7.2024 15:12:24 CEST | news aktuell GmbH

Paris (DNA) – As many candidates for the French National Assembly scramble to thwart a right-wing election victory, global governance researchers have released a new report detailing how the core issues plaguing France have been decades in the making. The surprise snap elections, called by President Macron after his centrist Renaissance party was crushed by Marine Le Pen’s far-right anti-immigration and eurosceptic party Rassemblement National (RN) in the European Parliament elections in May, have sent ripples of concern throughout Europe. Macron’s controversial decision to dissolve the National Assembly, France’s lower house, betting that citizens would reject the prospect of a far-right government at home, backfired after RN captured 34 per cent of the vote during first round on June 30. A win by RN on July 7 would hand power to a far-right-wing party for the first time since Nazi Germany occupied France during the Second World War. Now, with all efforts focused on creating a “Republ
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