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after marine le pen s far right national rally party triumphed in the first round of snap parliamentary elections. president macron has called for centre and left wing parties to unite ahead of the next round of voting, which will determine who controls the country s national assembly. according to the interior ministry, national rally and its allies gained 33% of the popular vote. the leftwing new popular front came second with 28%. president emmanuel macron s centrist alliance reached 20%. with this report, here s our paris correspondent andrew harding. cheering. a dramatic win yesterday for france s national rally. the party was, for years, considered too extreme for most french voters, with its anti immigration, eurosceptic platform and its links to the kremlin. but, last night, the rn, as it s known here, secured more than a third of all votes. the party s leader is marine le pen, who has her eye on winning the french presidency next. she told the country it had nothing ....