Former French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen. File photoPARIS, Jun 12Former French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen, whose party is represented in the parliamentary elections, urged that President Emmanuel Macron not be allowed to get a majority in the second round of parliamentary elections. On Sunday, the first round of elections to the National Assembly of the country (lower house of parliament) was held in France. Polling stations in the regions have completed their work. According to the local Ministry of Internal Affairs, the turnout at 17:00 local time (18:00 Moscow time) was 39.42%. «Next Sunday, it is important not to let Emmanuel Macron get an absolute majority that would allow him to impose his anti-social project on us and do that what he wants without you and even against you,» Le Pen wrote on her Twitter. » in the first round of parliamentary elections in France, gaining 26.2%. The presidential coalition receives 25.8%, in third place is Marine Le Pen's «National Association» with 19.1%. At the same time, the data of the country's Ministry of Internal Affairs, after processing more than 70% of the votes, show that Macron's coalition is in the lead, gaining 24.29%, while Mélenchon's leftist alliance gets 22.61%.
The party of the incumbent French president has been «smashed», Mélenchon saidThe 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. Far-right parties such as Marine Le Pen's National Rally and Eric Zemmour's Reconquest also take part in the vote.
