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SHOCKING: France s macron battles to make up ground in final stretch of election campaign - You Need To See This

Marine Le Pen, Emmanuel Macron and Jordan Bardella. © Gonzalo Fuentes / AFP / Stephane Mahe / Reuters / Ludovic Marin / AFP / Montage RFI

Candidates were making their last campaign pushes Friday for the first round of voting in a high-stakes legislative election in which French President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist government risks a drubbing at the hands of the far right and hard left.

Campaigning ends at midnight Friday, when a media blackout is introduced, with the first round of voting on Sunday.

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