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While the left-green alliance will form the largest bloc, the country could face years of political paralysis

Many say they feel stuck in middle between far-right National Rally and hard-left France Unbowed

Mass exit aims to deny parliamentary wins in final vote that could give far right first government since World War II.

The “clarification” President Emmanuel Macron invoked as he called France’s snap elections has clarified this much: that French voters no longer want him to govern alone – or indeed at all. Exactly who he should share power with remains an open question after an inconclusive first round that has handed…

The first round of France’s snap legislative election was held on June 30. The final results show the far-right National Rally (Rassemblement national, RN) and its allies with 33.15%, the left/progressive coalition New Popular Front (Nouveau Front Populaire, NFP) with 27.99%, and in third place, the presidential alliance with 20.04%. Turnout…

The first round of France’s legislative elections has confirmed that Marine Le Pen’s far right is now the dominant force in French politics, putting her anti-immigrant National Rally within reach of power. Whether the rest of the political spectrum still has the ability – and the will – to hold…

Rival French parties scramble to build anti-far-right front amid political turmoil

Rival parties engage in frantic bargaining and tactical voting plans after National Rally wins first round

Annalena Baerbrock says Germany cannot be unmoved by the performance in France of a party which sees Europe as ‘the problem, not the the solution’