France votes: polling stations are now open
All the Polling stations in France have opened their doors at 8:00 a.m. this Sunday to celebrate the first round of the legislative elections declared on June 9 by the country’s president, Emmanuel Macron, and in which the extreme right is the clear favorite.
After the opening of the polls in overseas territories such as Saint Pierre and Michael, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Guyana, French Polynesia — in fact, New Caledonia closed schools yesterday with a rise in participation after the protests a few weeks ago — as well as in the embassies and consulates on the American continent, It is the turn of continental France this Sunday, where 49.5 million voters are registered.
The one from June 30th is only the first round of a double round system, with July 7 as the key date. The French National Assembly is made up of 577 deputies, elected by as many constituencies: in each of them, There is only one winner in the first round if someone obtains more than 50 percent of the votes cast and they also represent 25 percent of the total electorate.
Polls put the conservative alliance led by Jordan Bardella’s National Rally and Marine Le Pen ahead of its rivals, with voting intentions around 30 percent, but It is not clear that they can achieve the absolute majority that Bardella demands. to govern without external dependencies.
