Voters in Henin Beaumont where far right leader Marine Le
Pen is expected to retain her seat as parliament member
said they want things to change. We have to
try, we've never tried it out. Why not
try. The country is the closest it has been
to having a far right government since world war.
I I polls predict Le Pen's national rally or RN
could win a majority of seats in the two phase
election. A sea change at the heart of the
European Union. Le Pen has sought to detoxify a
party known for racism and anti Semitism. A tactic
that has worked amid voter anger at President Emmanuel Macron
. The high cost of living and growing concerns over
immigration but not for everyone. I'm a bit scared
of this national rally. They have good ideas,
but I'm really scared because I think they're quite racist
and that's something I don't tolerate. Macron stunned the
country when he called the vote after the RN crushed
his centrist alliance. This month. Participation was high
in the first round on Sunday, underlining how France's
rumbling political crisis has energized the electorate. Macron will
remain president after the election, but he will have
to pick a prime minister from whichever party or Alliance
can commend a majority in the National Assembly regardless of
how divergent their policies are from his own. France's
electoral system can make it hard to predict the distribution
of seats and the final outcome will not be known
until the second round of voting ends on July 7 --> .