France’s president Emmanuel Macron on Sunday voted in the first round of an exceptional parliamentary election that could put the French government in the hands of nationalist, far-right parties for the first time since the Nazi era. (AP Video / June 30, 2024)
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. There was high voter turnout Sunday.
President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist alliance has come in second and the far right in third. No one has a majority of parliament seats. The far right has drastically increased the number of seats it holds in parliament but fell far short of expectations.
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