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End of Renaissance? Macron unpopularity, Le Pen's softened image of RN 'play into far right's hands'

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France's fiercely anti-immigration National Rally and opponents of the long-taboo far-right party scrambled Monday to capitalize on an indecisive first round of voting in surprise legislative elections. Round one on Sunday propelled the National Rally closer than ever to government but also left open the possibility that voters could yet block its path to power in the decisive round two. With the ultimate outcome still up in the air, France 24's Genie Godula is joined by Dr David Lees, Reader in French Studies and Dean of Students at the University of Warwick.