French Interior Minister Warns of Risk of Election Violence

“There could be extremely strong tensions,” Darmanin said, adding that the authorities were preparing for a highly volatile situation with the vote taking place less than a month before the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Election posters outside a polling station ahead of the French parliamentary elections. Photo: Reuters

President Emmanuel Macron, who shocked the country by dissolving the French National Assembly earlier this month, is not on the ballot. But for many voters, the election is seen as a referendum on the fate of a president once seen as able to bridge political divisions, but whose approval ratings have fallen after a series of political crises.

“I trust you,” Mr Macron told voters in a “letter to the French” published on June 23, in which he sought to shore up his party, which is trailing in the polls against the far-right and a newly formed left-wing coalition.

Mr Macron also reiterated that he will stay in office until his term ends in 2027 regardless of the outcome of the French parliamentary elections.

Ngoc Anh (according to Reuters)

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