Macron's ministers say a polarising French election risks stoking unrest


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  • Monday, 24 Jun 2024

A man walks past election posters outside a polling station, ahead of the French parliamentary elections, in Paris, France, June 22, 2024. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez/File Photo

PARIS (Reuters) - France could face civil disorder and violence connected to a snap parliamentary election in which the far-right looks poised to win the largest share of the vote, two ministers from President Emmanuel Macron's centrist government said on Monday.

Marine Le Pen's nationalist, anti-immigrant Rassemblement National (RN) came first in European Union elections two weeks ago, prompting Macron to dissolve parliament and call an election that will take place just before the start of the Paris Olympics on July 26.

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