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Garches, France - 30 June 2024
1. Various of National Rally President Jordan Bardella arriving, voting
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Voters across mainland France began casting ballots Sunday in the first round of an exceptional parliamentary election that could put France’s government in the hands of nationalist, far-right parties for the first time since the Nazi era.

National Rally President Jordan Bardella cast his vote in the Parisian suburb of Garches, with pre-election polls suggesting that his far-right party is gaining support and has a chance at winning a parliamentary majority.

In that scenario, President Emmanuel Macron would be expected to name 28-year-old Bardella as prime minister in an awkward power-sharing system known as “cohabitation.”

Bardella, who has no governing experience, says he would use the powers of prime minister to stop Macron from continuing to supply long-range weapons to Ukraine for the war with Russia.

His party has historical ties to Russia.

The party has also questioned the right to citizenship for people born in France, and wants to curtail the rights of French citizens with dual nationality.

Critics say this undermines fundamental human rights and is a threat to France’s democratic ideals.

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