arrangements have thrown france into jean luc melenchon s extreme left. rassemblement national is propelled forward by a dynamic leaving is ahead in the first round where we double their number of deputies, taking it to 45% in many areas of france. gabriel attal. and this will lead us to be victory of tomorrow. every day next month, the french concerns will not be responded to. rassemblement national is the only alternative. now, tonight, i say this very seriously. depriving millions of french people from the possibility will never be a viable destiny for france. tonight, by deliberately choosing to paralyse our institutes, macron has notjust push the country into uncertainty and instability, but he has consequently and for a long time deprived french people any response to their daily needs and difficulties. the country is being hit hard. france is being deprived a majority of a government that can act. and thus help france recover. electoral arrangements that i ve been o
a very warm welcome to paris. it is a beautiful evening here in the french capital. you might be able to see behind me the eiffel tower. before that, like defence. and they golden dome where you can visit the tomb of napoleon bonaparte. it has been a rather odd feeling, actually, in the city this afternoon. in some respects, there is a party atmosphere building. you can see all of these dance going up for the olympics with just three weeks to go until the paris olympics. just at the foot of the eiffel tower, you can see them putting the final touches to the beach volleyball courts. and the countries in the semifinal of the euros. the party atmosphere in one senses building, but on the other hand this country are so deeply divided, and no sense from the final post last night that the election here is going to resolve the things for them any time soon. not that they are and enthused by the election. voter turnout today is at the highest in the national assembly, of any national
work we have done ever so many years, because that was an incredible election result. an historic result and a real, real mandate for change. we start here. not long ago, wejust had one red. and now look. we have a team of 37. and now look. we have a team of 37. and i campaigned, and in that campaigni and i campaigned, and in that campaign i said i want scotland to send a government, to start delivering for scotland. and we have this team to be part of a sitting on the government benches, all working to deliver for scotland. this team here. the whole of the labour party in government. and myself. delivering for scotland. you do not win elections. they do notjust drop from the sky. there is nothing inevitable about an election win. nothing inevitable about what happened here in scotland. we won because we change the labour party. we won because we can paint as changed later. because anas and jackie and all of you changed scottish labour and put it in a position to win that ele
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hello and welcome to paris. the bank is lit up in sparkling, matching the mood of the leftist coalition tonight, a major surprise. with projected results showing the left wing coalition the new popular front winning the most seats in the national assembly. it s forecast to win between 172 and 192 seats in total. it s a surprise turnaround from the first round last week, which saw the far right national rally party win the biggest share of the vote. the rally is projected to have between 132 and 152 mps a likely third place behind president macron s centrist alliance, together. it s predicted to win between 150 and 170 seats. quite large spreads, vote still being confirmed. if confirmed in the full count, france will have a hung parliament. the french prime minister gabriel attal has confirmed he will hand in his resignation to president macron on monday. mr attal said the parliamentary election showed that no majority could be formed by what he called the extremes. take