France was facing a hung parliament after no party secured an absolute majority in legislative elections on Sunday, as a surprising surge from a new left-wing coalition helped hold back the far-right National Rally\u2019s push to power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The results will put the country on a path for months of potential\u00a0political gridlock\u00a0at a time when many in France are angry over issues like inflation and immigration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With all but three of the 577 National Assembly seats left to be called, numbers compiled by The New York Times using data from the Interior Ministry confirm earlier projections showing that no single party or bloc will win a majority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The left-wing\u00a0New Popular Front, which came together just last month with the goal of keeping the National Rally from power, won 177 seats, compared with 148 for President Emmanuel Macron\u2019s centrist bloc, known as Ensemble. The National Rally trailed with 142.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The results came as a shock to many in France, where the National Rally had emerged as the top performer in the first round of voting last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\u00a0New Popular Front\u00a0appeared to have capitalized on its recent momentum and fears that the far-right party was a threat to French democratic values and institutions. Its supporters took to the streets of Paris on Sunday night\u00a0to celebrate, although some in France were fearful of what the far left would bring: The largest party in the alliance, France Unbowed, is known for its incendiary far-left politics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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France was facing a hung parliament after no party secured an absolute majority in legislative elections on Sunday, as a surprising surge from a new left-wing coalition helped hold back the far-right National Rally\u2019s push to power. The results will put the country on a path for months of potential\u00a0political gridlock\u00a0at a time when many […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39234,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,16,15],"tags":[7,26,25],"class_list":{"0":"post-39233","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"category-news","9":"category-politics","10":"tag-apie-project","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-politics"},"yoast_head":"\n