Campaigning kicked off on Monday for France's snap parliamentary election, which opinion polls suggest the far-right National Rally will win, with President Emmanuel Macron's centrist alliance coming third, behind a leftwing ticket.
Political uncertainty has triggered heavy selling of French bonds and stocks after Macron unexpectedly called the election, following a trouncing of his ruling centrist party by Marine Le Pen's National Rally (RN) in European Parliament elections.
Macron's gamble, which included catching other parties off-guard with just a few weeks to prepare for the ballot, could back-fire, a poll by Ifop for the Journal du Dimanche showed.
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