France, May 5 -- While polls in other parts of the European Union open from 6 June, voting takes place in mainland France on 9 June.

It's open to all registered French citizens aged 18 and up, as well as EU nationals living in France.

The polls will decide who sits in the European parliament for the next five years.

They're also a chance for a mid-term clash between French rivals ahead of the next national elections in 2027, notably between President Emmanuel Macron's centrists and his challengers on the hard right.

Here are the need-to-knows of the EU elections in France.

France will fill a record number of seats in the next EU parliament: 81, two more than it holds currently.

That's because the legislature is getting an extra 15 ...