Left eyes control of parliament as France votes

PARIS (Reuters) - France voted on Sunday in the first round of an election tipped to give the left control of parliament and consolidate President Francois Hollande's grip on power as he seeks to ease the pain of a debt crisis in Europe. At stake in the vote for the 577-seat National Assembly, the lower house of parliament, is the new Socialist leader's ability to rule unfettered as he tries to reboot Europe's second-largest economy and push other euro zone leaders to adopt new pro-growth measures. On a rainy day across most of France, voting stations opened at 8 a.m
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