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 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. mark lowen reports. rarely have france s fraternal founding values felt so strained. but in this polarised, angry country, they voted in the most crucial parliamentary election in decades. the far right natio
now on bbc news, the week in parliament. hello again, and welcome to the week in parliament, your irreplaceable guide to the world of westminster and beyond. in this programme, labour delivers the prime minister s end of term report. last week, a million kids were off school, businesses are closing and millions will spend their summer self isolating. a self isolating borisjohnson explains the government s approach to covid. you have to balance the catastrophe of the disease against the suffering that is caused by lockdowns. as england ditches facemasks, mps search for some summer travel tips. if you re on an ner train travelling from england i through to scotland, the rules i change as you cross the border. have you any idea how that will practically work? - and we look back on 60 years of pmqs. you need to write out 1000 times, i will behave myself at prime minister s questions! but first, the last week of the parliamentary term was dominated, as was the rest of it, by the
now it s time for a look back at the week in parliament. hello again, and welcome to the week in parliament, your irreplaceable guide to the world of westminster and beyond. in this programme, labour delivers the prime minister s end of term report. last week, a million kids were off school, businesses are closing and millions will spend their summer self isolating. a self isolating borisjohnson explains the government s approach to covid. you have to balance the catastrophe of the disease against the suffering that is caused by lockdowns. as england ditches facemasks, mps search for some summer travel tips. if you re on an ner train travelling from england i through to scotland, the rules i change as you cross the border. have you any idea how that will practically work? - and we look back on 60 years of pmqs. you need to write out 1000 times, i will behave myself at prime minister s questions! but first, the last week of the parliamentary term was dominated, as was the re