Voting in the parliamentary elections in France. File photoPARIS, Jun 12 Voting in France's National Assembly (lower house of parliament) has ended. The first round of parliamentary elections took place in France on Sunday. In the regions, polling stations closed at 18:00 (19:00 Moscow time), in large cities — at 20:00 local time (21:00 Moscow time).
France is ready to participate in the operation to unblock the port of OdessaAccording to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the turnout at 17:00 local time (18:00 Moscow time) was 39.42%. the first round of elections will reach 52.8%. This is more than in the first round of the 2017 parliamentary elections, when the final percentage of the French who did not vote was 51.30%. The second round of the parliamentary elections will be held in France on June 19. In these elections, 577 deputies of the National Assembly (lower house of parliament) are elected for a period of five years from almost 6,300 applicants for a deputy mandate. To enter the second round, a candidate must receive at least 12.5% of the votes of registered voters in his constituency. Victory is also possible in the first round, but for this candidate to be supported either by an absolute majority of those who voted, or at least a quarter of registered voters. In the second round, it is enough to get a simple majority of votes. The presidential coalition «Together!» (Ensemble!), which unites the Renaissance party founded by French President Emmanuel Macron (previously called Forward, Republic!), the center party Democratic Movement and the centre-right parties Horizons and Act. Also participating in the elections is the left-wing coalition New People's Ecological and Social Union (Nupes), which includes Jean-Luc Mélenchon's Unsubdued France, the Socialist Party, the Communist Party and the Europe-Ecology-Greens party. The far-right parties «National Rally» Marine Le Pen and «Reconquest» Eric Zemmour also take part in the vote. Parliamentary elections in France take place a month and a half after the presidential elections in the country, as a result of which Emmanuel Macron was re-elected president for a second term. According to the results of the second round of the presidential elections, which took place on April 24, Macron received 58.55% of the vote, his rival Marine Le Pen — 41.45%. jpg» />Moscow will respond to the ban on broadcasting of Russian TV channels in France
