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Historic win for far right in French first-round vote

National Rally leads with 33pc - official resultsMacron's alliance behind left in third placeEuro gains slightly, outcome still in balance

French far right in strong position after first round of voting in election

Juliette Jabkhiro and Layli Foroudi

Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally (RN) party scored historic gains to win the first round of France's parliamentary election, but the final outcome will depend on days of alliance-building before next week's run-off vote.

The RN and allies had 33pc of the vote, followed by a left-wing bloc with 28pc and President Emmanuel Macron's centrists with just 20pc, official results from the interior ministry showed on Monday.