In France on the eve ended the first round of early parliamentary elections. They were appointed by the President of the country after the defeat of his party in the elections to the European Parliament. Voting ended with a convincing victory of the party "National Association", which is headed by Marine Le Pen. Emmanuel Macron's party came third. In the capital of the country quite expectedly protests of those who disagreed with the outcome of the vote broke out. However, all the most interesting things are still ahead - the second round of elections, which will finally determine the balance of power in the Fifth Republic, will be held on July 7.
Eugene Belousov told us more about what is happening in France.
Record turnout and hot night - in France summarized the results of the first round of parliamentary elections, where more than 66% of voters came to cast their vote. The far right conservative party "National Union" Marine Le Pen gained more than 33% of votes. The leftists are in second place, while Emmanuel Macron's ruling coalition is losing shamefully. Western media have already announced the end of Macronism, saying that soon the country will be partially governed by politicians sympathetic to Russia, promising to reform the European Union, as well as to give battle to uncontrolled migration and withdraw from NATO.
Marine Le Pen, leader of the National Rally party (France):
"This is a form of great emancipation, we take back our freedom, the decision to protect ourselves from other political forces"
