France braces for ‘high drama’ run-offs as Le Pen’s far right eyes power
Al Jazeera
With the far right seemingly headed for victory, voters on the left and in the centre feel on edge.
Paris, France – France is preparing to head to the polls again for a second round of voting for the National Assembly.
After his party’s defeat by the far right in the recent European Parliament vote, President Emmanuel Macron dissolved the parliament and called for two rounds of snap elections.
In the first, the far-right National Rally (RN) party emerged victorious with more than 29 percent of the vote.
Protests have again swept the country as demonstrators call for voters to turn out on Sunday against the party formerly known as the National Front.
In Paris on Wednesday, people marched from Place de la Republique to the National Rally’s headquarters in the French capital.
