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President Emmanuel Macron's party is polling to come in third place on Sunday (Photo: consilium.europa.eu)

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EU on edge, as French election threatens disarray

On Sunday (30 June), France will head to the polls in the first of two rounds of parliamentary elections, in a vote that will be watched with fear and trepidation across Europe. 

A second round will follow on 7 July for candidates winning more than 12.5 percent, in an election that has stirred French politics to a frenzy since president Emmanuel Macron re...

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President Emmanuel Macron's party is polling to come in third place on Sunday (Photo: consilium.europa.eu)

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Piet Ruig is a Brussels-based journalist who previously worked for the Dutch public broadcaster VPRO.

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