strong relationships, institutional and personal with the devolved administrations and spent time with each of theirfirst administrations and spent time with each of their first ministers, told them i was there cabinet secretary as well. they should think of me and supporting them as well. i wanted to make sure that the devolved administrations, recognising the different districts, the more collaboration the better. the devolved administrations were invited to attend the groups. was that a writer an invitation? it would be an invitation. cabinet committees do not normally involve devolved administrations for obvious reasons. they weren t included routinely in the international one because that is entirely preserved, but they were asked to join the others. and the expectation was that they were included. it wasn tjust they were included. it wasn tjust they would be invited ad hoc, they were part of that process. that was very much the intention. find were part of that process
elections suggest the far right have made historic gains. voters turned out in strength at the highest level for a0 years for the snap polls called by president macron last month. a decision that shocked many and spooked financial markets, raising questions over the stability of the eurozone s second largest economy. a quick recap of those exit poll results. marine le pen s far right national rally party came top with more than a third of the vote, followed by a surge in support for the left wing coalition with around 28% of the vote. and president macron s centre right alliance of parties relegated to third place. final results won t be known for another week with a second round of voting next sunday. joining me now is sonia renoult, rates strategist at abn amro bank. hello and welcome to the programme. first off, give us your reaction to those results in the markets reaction as well. , , , ., well. yes, the results were not reall a well. yes, the results were not reall
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