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The far-right National Rally (RN) party and its allies reached 33% of the national popular vote in the first round of parliamentary elections, the interior ministry has said.
The leftwing New Popular Front alliance came in second with 28% while President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist Together coalition reached 20%, the ministry said.