exit polls predict it will take as much as 34%, about 6% more than the left wing coalition new popular front. trailing in third is the centrist alliance of president emmanuel macron, withjust over 20%. national rally s leader marine le pen says macron s camp has been practically wiped out . here s what she told her supporters on sunday. translation: the people of france have thus - demonstrated unequivocally in this vote their desire to turn the page after seven years of the exercise of contemptuous, corrosive power. we thank the voters warmly and welcomed the result is a first step towards demonstrating a sign of confidence in us, which is an honour and an obligation. an estimated 65.5% of eligible voters cast ballots in the cast ballots first round of france s parliamentary election, according to polling company ipsos. that s the highest turnout in a french parliamentary vote since 1997. now, some party leaders are urging citizens to vote tactically in next week s second r
her country shaped her fiction? anne enright, welcome to hardtalk. nice to be here. well, it s great to have you here. now, to an outsider, you do seem like a deeply rooted writer. that sounds so dull, doesn t it? yeah, no, ishould have gone places and done things, and i did a little, but, yeah, i returned to ireland. but would you acknowledge that those roots are hugely important to you? i pass the building where i was born when i go into town. so it is, it is quite close. yeah. it s fascinating because, just the other day, i interviewed a colombian novelist and he said to me, i only really was able to write about my country and the things that really mattered to me when i left it, when i had a little bit of space and distance and freedom to actually express what i really thought. but you ve always felt free enough from within. orfoolish enough one or the other to say whatever i wanted to say at any given time. yeah, um. ..so i think it was difficult in the deep pas
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