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France’s leftists take most seats, as snap election delivers deadlock
Al Jazeera
Loose alliance of left-wing parties becomes biggest parliamentary bloc as vote delivers hung parliament.
A loose alliance of left-wing parties has won the most seats in France’s high-stakes legislative elections, beating both the far right and President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist coalition.
No one group won an absolute majority in the 577-seat National Assembly in Sunday’s run-off vote, plunging France into political limbo with no clear path to forming a new government, two days before a major NATO summit and three weeks before the Paris Olympic Games.
Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said he would offer Macon his resignation on Monday but was ready to serve “as long as duty demands”, notably in light of the imminent Games.
“Our country is facing an unprecedented political situation and is preparing to welcome the world in a few weeks,” Attal said.
The New Popular Front (NFP) – formed last month after Macron called the snap elections – brought together the previously deeply-divided Socialists, Greens, Communists and the hard-left France Unbowed together in one camp.