France could face civil disorder and violence connected to a snap parliamentary election in which the far-right looks poised to win the largest share of the vote, two ministers from President Emmanuel Macron's centrist government said on Monday, reports Yahoo! News.
Marine Le Pen's nationalist, anti-immigrant Rassemblement National (RN) came first in European Union elections two weeks ago, prompting Macron to dissolve parliament and call an election that will take place just before the start of the Paris Olympics on July 26.
The interior and finance ministers expressed worry on Monday that the far-right's success and the polarisation in French politics and society could lead to a surge in civil unrest.
"I fear for order, for relations between citizens, for serenity, for civil peace," finance minister Bruno Le Maire said on France Info radio.
"I don't see the RN as a factor of stability and peace. I see it as a factor of disorder and violence," he said.
RN leader Jordan Bardella, who could be prime minister if the RN wins the election - with Macron staying on as president in a power-sharing arrangement - said he would show zero tolerance for violence, from whichever side it came.