Left-wing New Popular Front tipped to win, with Macron's centrist alliance second, in blow for Marine Le Pen and National Rally
Left-wing New Popular Front tipped to win, with Macron's centrist alliance second, in blow for Marine Le Pen and National RallyFreelance reporter and late editorMarine Le Pen’s far-right party National Rally party has failed to win the French election and had come third behind winner New Popular Front , exit polls have shown.
If was previously predicted that Ms Le Pen’s party would become the largest party in the National Assembly and the most powerful force in French politics for the first time. “We will have just one compass: the program of the New Popular Front,” Faure told supporters, adding French President Emmanuel Macron’s policy must not be continued and that his contested pension reform must be cancelled.
Some 76 of the seats were won outright, around half by the National Rally, but the remaining 501 entered Sunday’s second round run-offs.
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