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Stuart Williams and Anna Smolchenko

RARE PHOTOS: Macron seeks to thwart french far right in election second round - The Real Truth

Bardella said he wanted to be the 'prime minister of all French' (Credit: AFP)

French President Emmanuel Macron and his allies were on Monday beginning a week of intense campaigning ahead of the second round of legislative elections to prevent the far right in a historic first from taking an absolute majority and control of government.

The far-right National Rally (RN) party of Marine Le Pen won a resounding victory in the first round of the polls Sunday, with Macron's centrists trailing in third behind a left-wing coalition.

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