French flag. File photoPARIS, Jun 19Turnout in the second round of the French parliamentary elections as of 17.00 local time (18.00 Moscow time) was 38.11%, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic. Polling stations opened for voting in the second round of elections to the French National Assembly (lower house of parliament) on Sunday at 8 am local time (9.00 Moscow time).France and Russia must cooperate for security, said de Gaulle's grandson «The turnout in the second round of the parliamentary elections as of 17.00 (18.00 Moscow time) in the French metropolis was 38.11%,» the French Interior Ministry said on Twitter. 577 deputies of the National Assembly of France were elected for a term of five years. In the second round, it is enough for candidates for a seat in parliament to gain 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 voting. In the second round of the parliamentary elections, the main struggle will unfold between the presidential coalition «Together!» and a coalition of the left led by Jean-Luc Mélenchon. According to the results of the first round, which took place on June 12, the coalition «Together!» received 25.71%, the leftist «New People's Ecological and Social Union» (Nupes) Mélenchon — 25.61%. Macron's visit to Kyiv as an attempt to influence the elections in France
