France President Macron Calls For Snap Parliamentary Election After Defeat By Far Right In EU Vote

France’s result was one of the big gains that Europe’s far-right parties had expected, and confirmation came with all the exit polls giving National Rally more than 30% of the vote, double that of Mr Macron’s centrist Renaissance party.

But beyond France, the broader story of Europe’s four-day vote marathon really belonged to the parties of the centre-right.