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France faced potential political deadlock after elections on Sunday threw up a hung parliament, with a leftist alliance unexpectedly taking the top spot but no group winning a majority. Voters delivered a major setback for Marine Le Pen's nationalist,
A left-wing alliance has won the most seats in the French parliament after tactical voting in Sunday’s second round election thwarted Marine Le Pen’s far-right party, but France will be left in political limbo after no party came close to winning an absolute majority.
Election results show French voters have chosen to give a broad leftist coalition the most parliamentary seats in pivotal legislative elections, keeping the far right away from power. Yet no party won an outright majority,
Hundreds of journalists had come from across the world, the sniffer dogs in place to protect a party that was, we all thought, at the gates of power; the first time the far right would enter government in France since World War Two.
By Gabriel Stargardter and Tassilo Hummel PARIS (Reuters) -French voters turned out in force for the second round of a parliamentary election on Sunday that could see the far-right National Rally (RN) emerge as the strongest party,
Fox News’ Stephanie Bennett reports on the ‘shocking twist’ in France’s National Assembly election.
French President Emmanuel Macron has refused the resignation of the country’s prime minister, asking him to remain temporarily as the head of the government after chaotic election results left the gov
The outcome left no party with an absolute majority and France bracing for potential political paralysis. France faced a hung parliament and deep political uncertainty after the three main political groups of the left,
I N A RESULT that took France wholly by surprise, the left-wing New Popular Front (NFP), dominated by Jean-Luc Mélenchon, looks poised to become the biggest bloc in parliament af
By 5pm local time, 60 per cent of registered voters had taken part in the run-off round, slightly ahead of the first round on June 30 and higher than any similar election since 1981, according to the Ministry of the Interior.
A coalition of the French left that quickly banded together to beat a surging far right in legislative elections won the most seats in parliament but not a majority, according to polling projections Sunday.
After the left-wing's election success in France, all eyes are now on radical firebrand Jean-Luc Melenchon who has demanded the left be given the premiership.
The New Popular Front won more seats in the National Assembly than President Emmanuel Macron’s allies and the far-right National Rally.
French President’s Emmanuel Macron’s centrist Ensemble alliance is projected to fall out of the majority in power, but voters shocked pollsters with a rebuke of Marine LePen’s right-wing National Rally.
A loose alliance of left-wing parties is on course to become France's biggest parliamentary bloc, beating both the far-right and President Emmanuel Macron's coalition in the most momentous election in recent memory.
The New Popular Front beat the National Rally and its allies but with no party holding a majority, Parliament is in deadlock.
A coalition of the French left won the most seats in high-stakes legislative elections, according to final results early Monday, beating back a far-right surge but failing to win a majority. The outcome left France facing the stunning prospect of a hung parliament and threatened political paralysis in a pillar of the European Union and Olympic host country.
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,
Voting was underway in France on Sunday in pivotal runoff elections that could hand a historic victory to Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally and its inward-looking, anti-immigrant vision — or produce a
The far-right National Rally was ahead after the first day of voting in France, but opposing parties made changes meant to make it harder for the party to win an absolute majority in the National Assembly.
Final results in France say a leftist coalition that came together to try to keep the far right from power has won the most parliamentary seats in runoff elections. President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist alliance has come in second and the far right in third.
An alliance of French left-wing parties was on course Sunday to beat the far right and President Emmanuel Macron's coalition in a stunning outcome to parliamentary elections that plunges France
The outcome represents a resounding success for the co-ordinated anti-RN strategy, under which the leftwing and centrist parties tactically withdrew their candidates from run-off ballots. But the result will leave the Eurozone’s second-largest economy in limbo over its next government,
The left-wing New Popular Front coalition was the surprise winner of Sunday's snap legislative elections in France with Macron's centrist coalition coming in second.
French leftists win most seats in legislative elections, beating back far-right surge, pollsters say
Polling projections show that a coalition of the French left that quickly banded together to beat a surging far right in legislative elections won the most seats in parliament but
French voters turned out in large numbers Sunday for the final round of a high-stakes election that is expected to leave the far right as the biggest force in a
But the result puts France in uncharted territory as it's never experienced a parliament with no dominant party. What happens next largely depends on the deeply unpopular president, Emmanuel Macron.
Voters turned out at a rate not seen in decades. Polls showed the left-wing coalition New Popular Front gaining a majority of seats in parliament with the far-right National Rally in third place.
France is bracing for a protracted period of political uncertainty after snap elections won by the left-wing New Popular Front (NFP) over the far-right National Rally (RN).
A left-wing coalition that came together ahead of France’s snap elections has won the most parliamentary seats in the vote, beating the far-right National Rally into third place, according to exit polls.
French President Emmanuel Macron has refused the resignation of the country’s prime minister, asking him on Monday to remain temporarily as the head of the government after chaotic election results
France on Monday was faced with a difficult battle to form a new government after parliamentary elections, called by President Emmanuel Macron to reshape the political landscape, failed to open
The new left-wing alliance New Popular Front (NFP) in France has won the snap parliamentary elections based on the provisional official results issued by the Interior Ministry on Monday, a day after the second round of voting.
Serious riots and clashes broke out at rallies in Paris and other cities following the second round of the French parliamentary elections.
French voters reject far-right majority in favor of a surge on the left, risking political paralysis
French voters divided their legislature among left, center and far right, with no single party getting even close to the majority needed for form a government.
Polls have closed in France, and polling projections say a coalition on the left that came together unexpectedly has won the most parliamentary seats in the pivotal runoff elections after a high
France votes in the second and final round of parliamentary elections on Sunday and pollsters predict the far right will fall short of an absolute majority.