There was a mixture of warnings and congratulations as heads of European governments and political parties reacted to the strong showing of France's far-right Rassemblement National party in the first round of parliamentary elections on Sunday.
French cinema directors Benoît Jacquot, 77, and Jacques Doillon, 80, were taken into police sutody on Monday for questioning over allegations of historical crimes of sexual assault and rape of girls, first prompted by a complaint filed in February by actress Judith Godrèche and which was followed by separate complaints filed by two other actresses.
France went to the polls this Sunday for the first round of crunch parliamentary elections to elect the 577 members of the next National Assembly. This unscheduled snap election has taken place as a result of President Emmanuel Macron's unexpected decision on June 9th to dissolve the Assembly. But that gamble looks as if it has backfired spectacularly and dramatically. Various projections after today's first round of voting suggest that the far-right Rassemblement National (RN) could pick up around 260 to 280 seats or more in next week's decisive second round vote. If so, there is a chance that France could get its first far-right government since 1945; they need 289 for a majority. The new leftwing alliance Nouveau Front Populaire (NFP) is also expected to do well, and may pick up 160 seats. But the president's centre-right coalition looks set to be heavily defeated. With the centre-right and Left tonight pledging to block the RN's path to power, the likely outcomes look set to be either a narrow RN majority or, more probably, a hung Parliament with the RN as the single biggest party. Follow our live coverage of the first-round results and reactions as they came in through the evening. Reporting by Graham Tearse and Michael Streeter.
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