"It's historic," hailed Sofiane Bouabbache, 19, at the NUPES election night in Paris for the second round of the parliamentary elections, as the united left made a strong breakthrough and became the main opposition force, while the Macronist coalition Ensemble! largely lost its absolute majority in the French National Assembly. However, another activist said he was "deeply concerned" about the equally historic rise of the far-right Rassemblement National (RN) party. (COMPLETES VIDI32CT7Z6_EN) IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES