French Far Right Gets Big Win, Polling Shows, in Blow to Macron.

The article reports on the far right party National Rally's victory in the first round of voting for the National Assembly in France. Topics discussed include a comparison of voter turnout between the snap election and the 2022 parliamentary election, the implications to President Emmanual Macron and his centrist Renaissance party if the National Rally wins an absolute majority, and Macron's top-down style of governing as reflected in his decision to hold the snap election.