Over 200 French election candidates quit in effort to block hard-Right

Opponents of 's anti-immigration National Rally party last night made final bids to keep it from power.

The hard-Right party, known as RN, led by , was the clear winner of the first round of parliamentary elections on Sunday, winning a third of all votes across all 577 constituencies.

But there is a second round of votes for candidates who secured more than 12.5 per cent and less than 50 per cent in the first round.

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