France ends voting in the second round of parliamentary elections

The flag of France. File photoPARIS, June 19 In France, voting in the second round of elections to the National Assembly of the country (lower house of parliament) ended on Sunday. – at 20.00 local time (21.00 Moscow time).France no longer receives Russian pipeline gas from GermanyAccording to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic, the turnout as of 17.00 local time (18.00 Moscow time) was 38.11%. The research company Elabe predicts that only 54% of the French will not vote in the second round of parliamentary elections.First Preliminary results will be announced on the same day after 20.00 local time (21.00 Moscow time) by exit polls. 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 of elections, which took place on June 12, the coalition «Together!» received 25.71%, the left «New People's Ecological and Social Union» (Nupes) Mélenchon — 25.61%. This Sunday, 577 deputies of the National Assembly of France will be elected for a period of five years. In the second round, it is enough for candidates for a seat in parliament to gain a simple majority of votes. Poll data on the eve of the second round gave Macron's coalition from 255 to 295 seats, the left — 150-200 seats. To control the chamber, you need to have 289 seats.Le Pen considers Macron's visit to Kyiv an attempt to influence the elections in France