World News | First French Projections Put Hard-right National Rally Well Ahead in EU Election

Paris, Jun 9 (AP) First projected results from France put far-right National Rally party well ahead in EU elections, according to French opinion poll institutes.

Marine Le Pen's anti-immigration, nationalist party is estimated to get around 31-32 per cent of the votes, more than twice the score of President Emmanuel Macron's pro-European centrist party that is projected to reach around 15 per .

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France is electing 81 members of the European Parliament, which has 720 seats in total. (AP)

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