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Kylian Mbappé laments ‘catastrophic’ French election vote for National Rally
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- French striker says runoff vote is ‘urgent situation’
- ‘We can’t let France fall into the hands of these people’
Kylian Mbappé has branded the first-round results of France’s snap parliamentary election “catastrophic”, urging voters to turn out in force and fend off the threat of a National Rally-controlled government when polls open for the runoff vote on Sunday.
In the latest of several interventions by members of the France national football team, the influential captain Mbappé warned that the country must take its chance to ensure the far right, anti-immigration party is unable to seize power in what has become a tumultuous political battle.
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