Emmanuel Macron's En Marche! on course for landslide win in French parliamentary elections

A little more than a year after it was founded, the party is expected to win three-quarters of the seats in the National Assembly

Emmanuel Macron
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French President Emmanuel Macron's La Republique en Marche party is on course to win a large parliamentary majority after securing 32.3 per cent of the vote in the first round of parliamentary elections yesterday.

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