French voters are going to the polls for the final round of key parliamentary elections that will demonstrate how much legroom the electorate is willing to give President Emmanuel Macron’s party to implement his ambitious domestic agenda.
In last week’s first vote, the left, under firebrand Jean-Luc Melenchon, made a surprisingly strong showing, sending jitters through Macron’s allies.
Elections are being held nationwide to select the 577 members of the National Assembly, the most powerful branch of France’s Parliament. “In these troubled times, the choice you’ll make this Sunday is more crucial than ever,” he said Tuesday, with the presidential plane waiting starkly in the background ahead of a visit to French troops stationed near Ukraine. “Nothing would be worse than adding French disorder to the world’s disorder,” he said.
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