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French far-right leader Marine Le Pen appeared to be nearer to power than ever last week after her National Rally party triumphed in the opening round of legislative elections

A day after coming in third place in France's snap legislative elections, Marine Le Pen's far-right National Pally party struck an alliance with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in the EU parliament.

Crowds rejoice in Paris as New Popular Front pushes Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally, who led the first round of voting, into third place. Plus, is rising at 5am really the secret to happiness?

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

France's allies in Europe expressed relief after the far-right National Rally failed to win snap parliamentary elections – but with no other group winning a majority and protracted uncertainty looming, the celebrations were measured.

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’

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