France’s far-right party wins big in round one of parliamentary elections

The winning votes for the National Rally is a blow to centrist President Manuel Macron, who called the snap vote as a referendum on his mandate — and on the very direction France, and Europe, should be headed. The World’s Gerry Hadden reports.

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