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YOU WONT BELIEVE: Le pen confident far right rn set to win absolute majority in weekend polls - You Need To See This

France goes to the polls again on Sunday. The National Rally believes it can still win a majority despite a slip in polls. AFP - THOMAS SAMSON

Marine Le Pen has hit back at opinion polls suggesting her National Rally (RN) is losing its lead in this weekend's legislative election runoff, saying the far-right party still had the capacity to secure an absolute majority in the French parliament.

The centrist forces of President Emmanuel Macron and a broad-left wing coalition have withdrawn over 200 candidates from the runoff on Sunday in a joint effort to ensure the far-right National Rally is defeated.

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