Politics

Paris riots break out as Le Pen’s far-right claim historic win in parliamentary elections

(Photos by Chesnot/Getty Images/Kiran Ridley/Getty Images/Jerome Gilles/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Thousands of enraged voters took to the streets, smashing shop windows and letting off fireworks as riot police were deployed across the city after Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally party scored a historic first-round victory in the country’s parliamentary elections.(Photos by Chesnot/Getty Images/Kiran Ridley/Getty Images/Jerome Gilles/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Thousands of enraged voters took to the streets, smashing shop windows and letting off fireworks as riot police were deployed across the city.