Over 200 candidates withdraw before second round of voting – France election as it happened

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• Paris mayor says rise of far right will not dampen Olympics mood

The National Rally's Jordan Bardella is debating on social media with France's economy minister, Bruno Le Maire, about the far right's plan to scrap nationality rights for children born and raised in France by foreign parents.

Gabriel Attal, the prime minister and a Macron ally, said that from the first round, we made the choice in more than sixty constituencies not to present a candidate."