Voting has begun in mainland France on Sunday in pivotal runoff elections that could hand an historic victory to Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally and its inward-looking, anti-immigrant vision or produce a hung parliament and political deadlock.French President Emmanuel Macron took a huge gamble in dissolving parliament and calling for the elections after his centrists were trounced in European elections on June 9.The snap elections in this nuclear-armed nation will influence the war in U

Voting has begun in mainland France on Sunday in pivotal runoff elections that could hand an historic victory to Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally and its inward-looking, anti-immigrant vision or produce a hung parliament and political deadlock.French President Emmanuel Macron took a huge gamble in dissolving parliament and calling for the elections after his centrists were trounced in European elections on June 9.The snap elections in this nuclear-armed nation will influence the war in Ukraine, global diplomacy and Europe's economic stability, and they are almost certain to undercut President Emmanuel Macron for the remaining three years of his presidency.