Decisive round of legislative elections kicks off in France

PARIS, France | Xinhua | The second and decisive round of France’s snap legislative elections kicked off Sunday in Metropolitan France for voters to elect the remaining 501 members of the 577-seat French National Assembly.

According to the results published by the French Interior Ministry, the French far-right wing party National Rally (RN) was leading the first round of the elections held on June 30, taking 37 seats.

Following the RN, the New Popular Front, the left-wing parties’ electoral alliance, won 32 seats, while French President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist coalition only gained two seats. ■