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RN leader compares leftist politician's call for a march to PM's office to 2021 Capitol riot, marking hardening stance

New Popular Front projected to surpass Macron's alliance and Le Pen's RN in parliamentary seats

Latest opinion polls predict RN to win most National Assembly seats but it may fall short of an absolute majority

Le Pen’s RN scores historic gains in first-round vote, raising spectre of France’s first far-right govt since WW2

Compared to 2022, far-right gained 14 points, left added 2 points, Macron's alliance lost 6 in first round

French parties aim to block Marine Le Pen's far-right RN from forming a government after historic gains in first round

Centre-right, centre-left groups lose majority in European Parliament amid rise of Eurosceptic, nationalist forces

Nine men and one woman aged 32 to 69 were arrested in raids across France on Saturday

Macron, a former economy minister, has proposed an ambitious domestic reform agenda

Forecasts proved to be accurate for the presidential election's first round last month

Activists strung up a banner in protest at the programme of far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen

The centrist candidate is widely seen as the favourite to beat the National Front's Marine Le Pen

None of the eggs hit their target as bodyguards rushed into the building

She also accused Macron of an 'indulgent attitude' towards Islamic fundamentalism

Her policies of economic nationalism and stinging anti-EU rhetoric strike a chord among workers in low-income areas

Fillon had quoted from World War I prime minister Georges Clemenceau and writer Andre Malraux

Support for Le Pen and her populist agenda is likely to influence forthcoming governments’ actions and policies

Latest poll suggests Macron will defeat Le Pen by a margin of 21 points in the runoff on May 7

French vote was being closely watched as a bell-wether for populist sentiment following US election and Brexit

France is voting in one of the closest elections in decades

Le Pen invoked her parliamentary immunity in refusing to attend questioning by investigating magistrates

Police source said the cause of the fire was 'not natural and probably criminal'

The far-right leader has visited Moscow on several occasions, enjoying positive Russian state media coverage

His poll numbers have suffered and is now in third place behind Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen

The leader is accused by the European Parliament of defrauding it off nearly 340,000 euros

Le Pen had been informed beforehand of requirement to wear headscarf for meeting

Both Renault and Peugeot have significant cars and parts-making activities in Spain and eastern Europe

Fears are high that a domino effect could see other countries following in Britain's footsteps

First projections are expected at 1900 GMT