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Leaders may now have to deal with new costs and complexity as old rules are battled in court.

Tactical voting kept the far right from election victory – but with gridlock in parliament the future is unclear, say Rym Momtaz and others

Watch a view of the French National Assembly on Monday 8 July after surprise election results.

Prime Minister Gabriel Attal offers resignation after Emmanuel Macron's centrist alliance comes in second place - but president asks him to stay on to ‘ensure stability’

France was in the hands of a caretaker government on Monday after snap parliamentary elections defeated the far right but failed to produce a majority for any political camp. With parliament roughly divided into three disparate groups, there are no obvious candidates for the prime minister who will lead a…

In today’s newsletter: A shock defeat for the far right National Rally in France, while in the UK the new Labour government gets down to work

French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday asked Prime Minister Gabriel Attal to remain temporarily in office after the government’s political camp lost its majority in high-stakes legislative elections. The leftist New Popular Front (NFP) coalition won the most parliamentary seats, but failed to win an absolute majority in the National…

No obvious candidate to replace Attal after leftwing NFP alliance becomes biggest force in French parliament but fails to win outright majority

The euro slipped in Asian trade on Monday after snap French elections in which a hung parliament appeared the likeliest outcome, as markets in the region searched for direction after Wall Street closed the previous week on a strong note.