The first round of voting in elections to France’s National Assembly were under way on Sunday, with President Emmanuel Macron seeking to increase the relative majority currently held in the lower house by his centrist bloc. Polling booths opened at 8 am (0600 GMT), with 49.3 million people eligible to vote. Voting in a number of overseas territories had already started on Saturday due to the time difference. The first projections are expected shortly after 8 pm. Macron called the snap election after the far-right National Rally (RN) made large gains in elections to the European Parliament at t…