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French voters propel far-right National Rally to strong lead in first-round legislative elections
![Aurelien Morissard FILE - Far-right National Rally party president Jordan Bardella delivers his speech after the first round vote of the legislative election, Sunday, June 30, 2024 in Paris. After France’s far-right National Rally surged into the lead in the first round of legislative elections, some European neighbors are warily eyeing the latest country on the continent to veer to the right. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/481bccabc6bf49a28b7cc6a28951db80/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
FILE - Far-right National Rally party president Jordan Bardella delivers his speech after the first round vote of the legislative election, Sunday, June 30, 2024 in Paris. After France’s far-right National Rally surged into the lead in the first round of legislative elections, some European neighbors are warily eyeing the latest country on the continent to veer to the right. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard, File)
![Louise Delmotte Marine Le Pen, leader the French far-right, arrives at the National Rally party headquarters, Monday, July 1, 2024 in Paris. France's National Rally surged into the lead in the first round of legislative elections, according to results released early Monday, bringing the far-right party to the brink of power and dealing a major blow to President Emmanuel Macron's centrists in an election that could set the country, and Europe, on a starkly different course. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/36f9b7162f83485a899dd0e741b1488d/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Marine Le Pen, leader the French far-right, arrives at the National Rally party headquarters, Monday, July 1, 2024 in Paris. France's National Rally surged into the lead in the first round of legislative elections, according to results released early Monday, bringing the far-right party to the brink of power and dealing a major blow to President Emmanuel Macron's centrists in an election that could set the country, and Europe, on a starkly different course. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)
![Thibault Camus Mathilde Panot, center left, and other elected parliament members of the far-left La France Insoumise (France Unbowed) party, pose at the National Assembly, Monday, July 1, 2024 in Paris. France's National Rally surged into the lead in the first round of legislative elections, according to results released early Monday, bringing the far-right party to the brink of power and dealing a major blow to President Emmanuel Macron's centrists in an election that could set the country, and Europe, on a starkly different course. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/fb11266909ec4802bccadb941a342aaf/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Mathilde Panot, center left, and other elected parliament members of the far-left La France Insoumise (France Unbowed) party, pose at the National Assembly, Monday, July 1, 2024 in Paris. France's National Rally surged into the lead in the first round of legislative elections, according to results released early Monday, bringing the far-right party to the brink of power and dealing a major blow to President Emmanuel Macron's centrists in an election that could set the country, and Europe, on a starkly different course. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
![Thibault Camus Supporters of French far right leader Marine Le Pen react after the release of projections based on the actual vote count in select constituencies , Sunday, June 30, 2024 in Henin-Beaumont, northern France. French voters propelled the far-right National Rally to a strong lead in first-round legislative elections Sunday and plunged the country into political uncertainty, according to polling projections. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/0947cc4ee2794e20baa944d9ed7f8466/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Supporters of French far right leader Marine Le Pen react after the release of projections based on the actual vote count in select constituencies , Sunday, June 30, 2024 in Henin-Beaumont, northern France. French voters propelled the far-right National Rally to a strong lead in first-round legislative elections Sunday and plunged the country into political uncertainty, according to polling projections. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
![Yara Nardi FILE - French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron stand in the voting station before voting in Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, northern France, Sunday, June 30, 2024. After France’s far-right National Rally surged into the lead in the first round of legislative elections, some European neighbors are warily eyeing the latest country on the continent to veer to the right. (Yara Nardi, Pool via AP, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/a3cee88f045747edaf4d63b60d7174b9/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
FILE - French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron stand in the voting station before voting in Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, northern France, Sunday, June 30, 2024. After France’s far-right National Rally surged into the lead in the first round of legislative elections, some European neighbors are warily eyeing the latest country on the continent to veer to the right. (Yara Nardi, Pool via AP, File)
![Louise Delmotte FILE - People gather at Republique plaza to protest the far-right National Rally, which came out strongly ahead in first-round legislative elections, Sunday, June 30, 2024, in Paris. After France’s far-right National Rally surged into the lead in the first round of legislative elections, some European neighbors are warily eyeing the latest country on the continent to veer to the right. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/ae0fc540c1af44d8bdcba56f4fd31026/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
FILE - People gather at Republique plaza to protest the far-right National Rally, which came out strongly ahead in first-round legislative elections, Sunday, June 30, 2024, in Paris. After France’s far-right National Rally surged into the lead in the first round of legislative elections, some European neighbors are warily eyeing the latest country on the continent to veer to the right. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte, File)
![Louise Delmotte Marine Le Pen, leader the French far-right, arrives at the National Rally party headquarters, Monday, July 1, 2024 in Paris. France's National Rally surged into the lead in the first round of legislative elections, according to results released early Monday, bringing the far-right party to the brink of power and dealing a major blow to President Emmanuel Macron's centrists in an election that could set the country, and Europe, on a starkly different course. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/328a570028014455a5c467f7c6f9bf27/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Marine Le Pen, leader the French far-right, arrives at the National Rally party headquarters, Monday, July 1, 2024 in Paris. France's National Rally surged into the lead in the first round of legislative elections, according to results released early Monday, bringing the far-right party to the brink of power and dealing a major blow to President Emmanuel Macron's centrists in an election that could set the country, and Europe, on a starkly different course. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)
![Thibault Camus FILE - French far right leader Marine Le Pen reacts as she meets supporters and journalists after the release of projections based on the actual vote count in select constituencies , Sunday, June 30, 2024 in Henin-Beaumont, northern France. After France’s far-right National Rally surged into the lead in the first round of legislative elections, some European neighbors are warily eyeing the latest country on the continent to veer to the right. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/d3a70a4a23a34ec4974ce9ae9a51d5af/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
FILE - French far right leader Marine Le Pen reacts as she meets supporters and journalists after the release of projections based on the actual vote count in select constituencies , Sunday, June 30, 2024 in Henin-Beaumont, northern France. After France’s far-right National Rally surged into the lead in the first round of legislative elections, some European neighbors are warily eyeing the latest country on the continent to veer to the right. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)
![Denes Erdos FILE - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban addresses the media after receiving the results of the European Parliamentary elections in Budapest, Hungary, early Monday, June 10, 2024. After France’s far-right National Rally surged into the lead in the first round of legislative elections, some European neighbors are warily eyeing the latest country on the continent to veer to the right. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/a875b91636514a8b9b78fb8d614b3182/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
FILE - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban addresses the media after receiving the results of the European Parliamentary elections in Budapest, Hungary, early Monday, June 10, 2024. After France’s far-right National Rally surged into the lead in the first round of legislative elections, some European neighbors are warily eyeing the latest country on the continent to veer to the right. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos, File)
![Thibault Camus French far right leader Marine Le Pen gestures after delivering her speech after the release of projections based on the actual vote count in select constituencies , Sunday, June 30, 2024 in Henin-Beaumont, northern France. French voters propelled the far-right National Rally to a strong lead in first-round legislative elections Sunday and plunged the country into political uncertainty, according to polling projections. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/bd6961db2882433c9704b131800eafe4/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
French far right leader Marine Le Pen gestures after delivering her speech after the release of projections based on the actual vote count in select constituencies , Sunday, June 30, 2024 in Henin-Beaumont, northern France. French voters propelled the far-right National Rally to a strong lead in first-round legislative elections Sunday and plunged the country into political uncertainty, according to polling projections. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
![Thibault Camus Jordan Bardella, center left, president of the far-right National Rally party, arrives at the party headquarters, Monday, July 1, 2024 in Paris. France's National Rally surged into the lead in the first round of legislative elections, according to results released early Monday, bringing the far-right party to the brink of power and dealing a major blow to President Emmanuel Macron's centrists in an election that could set the country, and Europe, on a starkly different course. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/5cde435df5ee45ae836af9f57ef7454f/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Jordan Bardella, center left, president of the far-right National Rally party, arrives at the party headquarters, Monday, July 1, 2024 in Paris. France's National Rally surged into the lead in the first round of legislative elections, according to results released early Monday, bringing the far-right party to the brink of power and dealing a major blow to President Emmanuel Macron's centrists in an election that could set the country, and Europe, on a starkly different course. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
![Louise Delmotte Jordan Bardella, president of the French far-right National Rally party, answers reporters outside the party headquarters, Monday, July 1, 2024 in Paris. France's National Rally surged into the lead in the first round of legislative elections, according to results released early Monday, bringing the far-right party to the brink of power and dealing a major blow to President Emmanuel Macron's centrists in an election that could set the country, and Europe, on a starkly different course. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/c25050495c91474c8c584a15388d8513/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Jordan Bardella, president of the French far-right National Rally party, answers reporters outside the party headquarters, Monday, July 1, 2024 in Paris. France's National Rally surged into the lead in the first round of legislative elections, according to results released early Monday, bringing the far-right party to the brink of power and dealing a major blow to President Emmanuel Macron's centrists in an election that could set the country, and Europe, on a starkly different course. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)
![Thibault Camus Mathilde Panot, center, and other elected parliament members of the far-left La France Insoumise (France Unbowed) party, pose at the National Assembly, Monday, July 1, 2024 in Paris. France's National Rally surged into the lead in the first round of legislative elections, according to results released early Monday, bringing the far-right party to the brink of power and dealing a major blow to President Emmanuel Macron's centrists in an election that could set the country, and Europe, on a starkly different course. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/067ea9f5bde44a56a31112f31698988c/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Mathilde Panot, center, and other elected parliament members of the far-left La France Insoumise (France Unbowed) party, pose at the National Assembly, Monday, July 1, 2024 in Paris. France's National Rally surged into the lead in the first round of legislative elections, according to results released early Monday, bringing the far-right party to the brink of power and dealing a major blow to President Emmanuel Macron's centrists in an election that could set the country, and Europe, on a starkly different course. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
![Thibault Camus Elected parliament member Clementine Autain, of the far-left La France Insoumise (France Unbowed) party, arrives at the National Assembly, Monday, July 1, 2024 in Paris. France's National Rally surged into the lead in the first round of legislative elections, according to results released early Monday, bringing the far-right party to the brink of power and dealing a major blow to President Emmanuel Macron's centrists in an election that could set the country, and Europe, on a starkly different course. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/84faaf8841a9491c92d64950b37c8145/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Elected parliament member Clementine Autain, of the far-left La France Insoumise (France Unbowed) party, arrives at the National Assembly, Monday, July 1, 2024 in Paris. France's National Rally surged into the lead in the first round of legislative elections, according to results released early Monday, bringing the far-right party to the brink of power and dealing a major blow to President Emmanuel Macron's centrists in an election that could set the country, and Europe, on a starkly different course. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
![Louise Delmotte People gather at Republique plaza to protest the far-right National Rally, which came out strongly ahead in first-round legislative elections, Sunday, June 30, 2024, in Paris. France's high-stakes legislative elections propelled the far-right National Rally to a strong but not decisive lead in the first-round vote Sunday, polling agencies projected, dealing another slap to centrist President Emmanuel Macron. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/caf41355e062476897966d429ae8eeea/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
People gather at Republique plaza to protest the far-right National Rally, which came out strongly ahead in first-round legislative elections, Sunday, June 30, 2024, in Paris. France's high-stakes legislative elections propelled the far-right National Rally to a strong but not decisive lead in the first-round vote Sunday, polling agencies projected, dealing another slap to centrist President Emmanuel Macron. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)
![Louise Delmotte Jordan Bardella, president of the French far-right National Rally party arrives at the party headquarters, Monday, July 1, 2024 in Paris. France's National Rally surged into the lead in the first round of legislative elections, according to results released early Monday, bringing the far-right party to the brink of power and dealing a major blow to President Emmanuel Macron's centrists in an election that could set the country, and Europe, on a starkly different course. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/aa97c875e31d4ae1b53649fa6ac286c5/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Jordan Bardella, president of the French far-right National Rally party arrives at the party headquarters, Monday, July 1, 2024 in Paris. France's National Rally surged into the lead in the first round of legislative elections, according to results released early Monday, bringing the far-right party to the brink of power and dealing a major blow to President Emmanuel Macron's centrists in an election that could set the country, and Europe, on a starkly different course. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)