00:00France has been voting in one of its most important elections in years,
00:03with the far-right hoping for a historic victory,
00:06but with a political deadlock as the most probable result.
00:10This is the first time that the National Assembly, RN,
00:12anti-immigration of Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella,
00:15has a realistic chance of leading the government
00:17and taking total control of the National Assembly.
00:21But after the victory of the RN in the first round of legislative elections
00:24anticipated last Sunday,
00:26more than 200 rival candidates withdrew
00:28to give others a better chance of beating the far-right.
00:32The vote began in French-Metropolitan France at 8am, 6am GMT,
00:36and the first polls will be published 12 hours later.
00:39The far-right is close to power in France.
00:42Will the rest of Europe follow?
00:45Whatever the result,
00:46it is difficult to see President Emmanuel Macron
00:48get out of this situation unscathed.
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