France’s overseas territories cast first votes in high-stakes legislative elections • FRANCE 24

at just past 8:00 a.m. local time here in Montreal qes have already formed at this polling station French experts have come in large numbers to cast their vote in France’s parliamentary election it’s important because even if you live abroad you’re still a French citizen it doesn’t disconnect you from where you come from I’ve got family there in some ways I still have a life in France so for me yes it’s important to vote abroad similar scenes at the French Consulate in New York a few hours later I think it’s important to vote Yes wherever we are France offers us the chance to vote so I think it’s important to once again strengthen that Bond and show that we still belong to the community a high turnout is expected for these parliamentary elections online voting figures for French citizens living abroad which closed on Thursday speak for themselves 410,000 votes have been counted compared to 250,000 in 2022 voters in overseas territories have also been casting their ballot ahead of Mainland France like here in gu Loop or in New Caledonia where a heavy police presence serves as a reminder of a particularly tense security situation it’s a decisive election probably also in terms of decisions that will be made for us here in the future the early voting both abroad and in overseas territories has been organized so that results are counted and available in time for 8:00 p.m. in Mainland France on Sunday I likeor all

Voting got underway on Saturday in France’s overseas territories located off the coast of Canada, in the Caribbean and the South American territory of French Guiana. Some 49 million French are eligible to vote in the snap parliamentary elections, which could change the country’s trajectory.
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