PARIS -- France goes to the polls Sunday for the first round of snap legislative elections, called by President Emmanuel Macron after his party lost heavily to far-right leader Marine Le Pen's Rassemblement National (National Rally) in recent European Union parliamentary elections.
His move shocked a country that has never been ruled by the far right but for World War II when it was occupied by Nazi Germany. Disenchanted voters -- including a significant chunk of young French -- have turned to Le Pen, alarmed by security issues and economic hardship, and in thrall to her party's hardline approach to immigration.
