there jean marie le pen founder of the national front came in a surprise second in the first round.n the run-up the left rally to conservative incumbent jacques chirac who trounced le pen by 65% margin. leadership of the national front would pass to his daughter who would make it to 2017's presidential runoff. she lost to emmanuel macron but only by a 32% margin. in both local and national elections, the republican front has been losing impact since the 2000's. macron has tacked right, a bit to draw in national rally voters that is made him unpopular with left-wing voters. leaving many to wonder if the republican front can hold for the next presidential elections in 2022. >> we are watching all developments in the run-up to next weekend's crucial second round voting. india gave out a record 8.3 million vaccine doses this month under a federal campaign to inoculate all adults for free after weeks of criticism that a chaotic rollout had worsened to the second wave that killed hundreds of thousands of people. experts have said india needs to administer 10 million doses a day to achieve