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French PM urges calm after assaults in run-up to second round vote

French PM urges calm after assaults in run-up to second round vote

Gabriel Attal’s call comes on tense last day of campaigning after more than 50 candidates and canvassers attacked

The French prime minister, Gabriel Attal, has urged all political parties to call for calm on a tense last day of campaigning for a snap election in which the far right hopes to win a majority in parliament.

“Violence and intimidation have no place in our society,” Attal wrote in a social media post.

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