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While the far-right nationalists emerged on top in the first round of France’s early parliamentary elections, centrists surrounding Emmanuel Macron and the leftist camp started on Monday to look for ways to stop a feared right-wing government from coming into power after the second round of voting this coming Sunday. Based on provisional results from the Interior Ministry on Monday, the far-right nationalists are clearly leading the first round. Marine Le Pen’s party, National Rally (RN), and its allies gained 33.15% of the votes. The left-wing New Popular Front (NPF) alliance stands at 27.99%…

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