FRENCH FAR RIGHT FAILS
A left-wing alliance in France is set to beat Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally in round two of parliamentary elections, shocking observers and throwing the country further into political uncertainty.
At time of writing, early estimates coming out of France show the New Popular Front — a coalition of leftist parties — projected to win the most seats in the 577-seat lower house, putting it ahead of President Emmanuel Macron’s liberals, with the National Rally and its allies forecast to come in third, Politico reports.
Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, representing Macron’s Renaissance party, will resign, as he acknowledged
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