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Added on the 24/04/2022 12:59:32 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
French far-right presidential hopeful Eric Zemmour holds a press conference in London. Support has fallen for French far-right media pundit Eric Zemmour, who is widely expected to run for the presidency, according to a new poll that came amid reports of tensions in his campaign team. Zemmour's dramatic entrance into the presidential race was seen as potentially upending assumptions about the election, where a rematch between President Emmanuel Macron against Le Pen was widely expected in the second round vote. IMAGES
Former French prime minister, Mayor of Le Havre and Macron ally Edouard Philippe votes at a polling station in Le Havre, Normandy. IMAGES
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal meets residents of Le Perreux-sur-Marne near Paris as the campaign for the legislative elections on 30 June officially gets underway. IMAGES
The first voters cast their ballots in Paris as polling stations open for the first round of parliamentary elections. The abstention rate is predicted to be well over 50% as a resurgent and newly unified left seeks to thwart Emmanuel Macron's plans for reform. IMAGES
The assessors open the envelopes and count the votes after the second round of the presidential election ended at 8pm in Paris. Emmanuel Macron was re-elected as President of the Republic with about 58% of votes against Marine Le Pen (about 42%) according to first estimates, a clear victory tempered by the unprecedented score of the far right and a high abstention (28%). IMAGES