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Far-right looms as France votes in snap elections

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Paris | French voters cast their ballots on Sunday in the first round of an exceptional parliamentary election that could put France’s government in the hands of nationalist, far-right forces for the first time since the Nazi era.

The outcome of the two-round election, which will wrap up on July 7, could impact European financial markets, Western support for Ukraine and how France’s nuclear arsenal and global military force are managed.

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