Polls open in France’s early parliamentary election

France is holding the first round of an early parliamentary election that could bring the country’s first far-right government since Nazi occupation during the Second World War (Christophe Ena/AP)

France is holding the first round of an early parliamentary election that could bring the country’s first far-right government since Nazi occupation during the Second World War.

The second round is on July 7, and the outcome of the vote remains highly uncertain.