Go vote, parties tell French voters ahead of cliffhanger runoff

FILE PHOTO: Jordan Bardella, President of the French far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National - RN) party, arrives at the RN party headquarters in Paris, France, July 1, 2024. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo

PARIS (Reuters) -Parties across the political spectrum urged French voters to vote massively on Sunday to tilt the outcome either way as opinion polls forecast the far-right would be the largest party but fall short of an absolute majority.

Marine Le Pen's eurosceptic, anti-immigration National Rally (RN) topped the parliamentary election's first round with a third of the vote, opening the prospect of the far right leading a French government for the first time since World War Two.