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A hung parliament is unknown territory for modern France.
French opposition parties are making hurried deals to try to block a landslide victory for Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally.
French President Emmanuel Macron urged voters to rally against the far right in the second round of balloting.
“It’s possible that there will be extremely strong tensions,” the country's interior minister said.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
A win for Marine Le Pen’s National Rally party would mean France could end up with its first far-right prime minister since the end of World War II.
The far right did not do as well as expected, but it could still help decide who leads the EU.
The war in Ukraine, migration, and other issues are some of the issues voters are thinking about as they cast their ballots.
Many voters in Sunday's poll opted for far-right or far-left candidates, denying President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist alliance a straight majority.
One of the headlines from the presidential election in France is that the far-right has come out of the cold and gone mainstream.
The second five-year term for the 44-year-old centrist spared France and Europe from the seismic upheaval of having firebrand populist Marine Le Pen at the helm.