07/08/2024

In Surprise Projections, France's Left-wing Bloc Leads

Thousands of people took to the streets of Paris to celebrate the results

The first projections after polls closed in France's legislative election have the populist, anti-immigration National Rally party falling behind an alliance of left-wing parties and candidates from President Emmanuel Macron's centrist movement.

French voters appear to have mobilized to prevent the first far-right government since World War II. Without any party getting a majority, however, the result could be political deadlock just ahead of the Paris Olympics.

Although authorities feared widespread violence in response to election results, that scenario has not come to pass so far.

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