From the New York Times I'm Catron Benhold this is the Daily.

The far right in France had a big win this month.

It crushed the party of President Emmanuel Macron in elections for the European Parliament.

But it was a largely symbolic win,

because the elections did not affect France's government at home,

until Macron changed that.

Today, my colleague Roger Cohen

on the huge political gamble Macron has taken and how the

far right is now closer than ever to gaining real power in France. It's Wednesday, June 26th.

It's Wednesday, June 26th. Roger the far-right has been a player in French politics for a very long time.

I used to be based in France myself and remember writing about it like 15 years ago and of course you've been on the show more recently to talk about it

but now the far right has its best shot yet at actually governing. Walk us

through what just happened.

Well, Katra, in the National Rally, formerly known as the National Front,

the far-right Anti-immigration Party in France, headed by Marine Le Pen, has been rising for some time due to growing

frustration with the government, growing anti-immigrant feeling in France

and a feeling of marginalization among many people.

But until very recently nobody thought the National Rally could actually govern France.

The world's largest multi-country election is underway for the next European Parliament.

Today, Spain...

Now, suddenly what has happened is that early this month European Parliament elections were held.

Millions of people and 27 nations are deciding what the next five years will look like for the European Union.

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