As Sunday’s elections loom, campaign in France marred by assaults and verbal abuse of candidates
With just three day remaining until the second round of France’s legislative elections, the campaign has been marred by reported assaults and verbal abuse of candidates, prompting at least one of them to drop out of the crucial race. Read our liveblog to see how the day's events unfolded.
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French football captain Kylian Mbappé on Thursday said it was “really urgent” for the French to vote in Sunday’s elections considering the “catastrophic” results that saw the far right reap unprecedented gains in the first round.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP and Reuters)
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