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- People in France have voted to elect 577 members of the country’s National Assembly.
- France 2 exit polls project the far-right National Rally is in the lead, with the left-wing New Popular Front in second and President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist bloc in third.
- Prime Minister Gabriel Attal warns far right is at the “gates of power”. Left-wing leader Jean-Luc Melenchon says his alliance will withdraw candidates in some constituencies in order to defeat the far right.
- Macron called for the snap parliamentary election after his alliance suffered a heavy defeat to the National Rally party at the European Parliament elections on June 9.
- Voter turnout is set to be the highest for decades.