Macron eyes victory as France elects new parliament

• PARIS: French voters went back to the polls on Sunday for the first round of parliamentary elections that are predicted to give President Emmanuel Macrons centrist party a commanding majority.

• His Republique en Marche (Republic on the Move, REM) party, which he founded only 14 months ago, needs a clear majority in the National Assembly for him to push through the reforms he promised in his campaign.

• The measures follow the scandal that destroyed the presidential bid of Republicans candidate Francois Fillon, who has been charged over paying his wife Penelope and two of their children more than 900,000 ($1 million) as his parliamentary assistants with little work to show for it.

• His Republique en Marche (Republic on the Move, REM) party, which he founded only 14 months ago, needs a clear majority in the National Assembly for him to push through the reforms he promised in his campaign.

• The measures follow the scandal that destroyed the presidential bid of Republicans candidate Francois Fillon, who has been charged over paying his wife Penelope and two of their children more than 900,000 ($1 million) as his parliamentary assistants with little work to show for it.

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