Macron faces critical test in France snap polls: 4 things to know

Social issues, immigration have pushed voters to the far right

20240626 Gabriel Attal, Emmanuel Macron, Marine Le Pen, and Jordan Bardella

From left: Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, President Emmanuel Macron, Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella. Macron's decision to call snap legislative elections may have given the far right a chance at governing France. (Source photos by Reuters)

MAILYS PENE-LASSUS, Nikkei staff writer

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.

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