polls are open in france as people across the country cast their ballots in the second round of parliamentary elections. these are live pictures of a polling station in paris. final opinion polls suggest marine le pen s far right national rally will secure the most votes, but it s thought it s unlikely to win an outright majority in the national assembly. such an outcome could plunge the country into a chaotic hung parliament, severely denting the authority of president emmanuel macron. the anti immigration national rally scored historic gains in last sunday s first round vote, giving le pen and the party s 28 year old leaderjordan bardella their first realistic chance of running the government and taking control of the national assembly. however, after hundreds of rival candidates from centrist and leftist parties dropped out to give their allies a better chance of defeating the far right, le pen s hopes of winning an absolute majority seem less certain. joining me now our
unlikely to win an outright majority in the national assembly. such an outcome could plunge the country into a chaotic hung parliament, severely denting the authority of president emmanuel macron. the anti immigration national rally scored historic gains in last sunday s first round vote, giving le pen and the party s 28 year old leaderjordan bardella their first realistic chance of running the government and taking control of the national assembly. however, after hundreds of rival candidates from centrist and leftist parties dropped out to give their allies a better chance of defeating the far right, le pen s hopes of winning an absolute majority seem less certain. which is going to show some live shots from france, because president macron is just leaving with shots from france, because president macron isjust leaving with his shots from france, because president macron is just leaving with his wife after voting there. he called the snap election that had a lot of discussio
cast their ballots in the second round of parliamentary elections. these are live pictures of a polling station in paris. final opinion polls suggest marine le pen s far right national rally will secure the most votes, but it s thought it s unlikely to win an outright majority in the national assembly. such an outcome could plunge the country into a chaotic hung parliament, severely denting the authority of president emmanuel macron. the anti immigration national rally scored historic gains in last sunday s first round vote, giving le pen and the party s 28 year old leaderjordan bardella their first realistic chance of running the government and taking control of the national assembly. however, after hundreds of rival candidates from centrist and leftist parties dropped out to give their allies a better chance of defeating the far right, le pen s hopes of winning an absolute majority seem less certain. our correspondent mark lowen has been talking to voters in paris. it could
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in the search for missing 33 year old british woman katie kenyon, who was last seen a week ago. hello and welcome to our look ahead to the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the broadcaster matthew stadlen and aletha adu, the political correspondent at the daily mirror. tomorrow s front pages. the observer leads with allegations from the labour party that the conservative mp neil parish may have broken the law by watching pornography in the house of commons. he has admitted viewing the material and is resigning as an mp. the sunday times has calls to clean up parliament s reputation, quoting proposals from sir lindsay hoyle and dame andrea leadsom to overhaul working practices. the sunday telegraph says the conservatives are vowing to make sure half of their mps at the next general election will be women, in response to concerns about sleaze in parliament. and the mail on sunday accuses labour and the liberal democrats of a secret election pact, claiming