France facing 'troubled times irrespective of the outcome of this election'

France's prime minister on Wednesday urged voters to form a united front to block the far right in legislative elections, warning that the anti-immigration party of Marine Le Pen was within reach of winning an absolute majority. Just ahead of the second round, France's political future remains up in the air as the far-right National Rally (RN) party seeks to take control of government for the first time. The RN dominated the first round of voting, presenting the party of Le Pen with the prospect...