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By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) -Opponents of France's far right sought to build a united front to block the path to government of Marine Le Pen's National Rally (RN) on Monday, after the party made historic gains to win the first round of a parliamentary election.
Ahead of this weekend’s runoff election, France’s leftist alliance wants to recast itself as the primary competition to the rising far right.
France's fiercely anti-immigration National Rally and its opponents are scrambling to capitalize on a first round of voting.
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Kevin Buckland How well France's hastily assembled anti-far-right front is working will become clear today, with candidates having until Tuesday evening to drop out of Sunday's crucial second-round vote to leave only those with the best chance of winning.
French candidates make hurried deals to try to stop far-right National Rally from leading government
French opposition parties made hurried deals Tuesday to try to block a landslide victory for Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally in Sunday's second round of legislative elections, as she said her party would lead the government only if it wins an absolute majority — or close to it.
France’s fiercely anti-immigration National Rally and opponents of the far-right party are scrambling to capitalize on a first round of voting in high-stakes surprise legislative elections. The official results of Sunday’s election showed that round one produced two likely scenarios in what promises to be a torrid last week of campaigning.
France's political parties sought to build a united front aimed at blocking the path to government of Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally (RN) on Monday, after it made historic gains to win the first round of a parliamentary election.
Left-wing and centrist parties in France are scrambling to block the far-right National Rally from winning the ongoing parliamentary snap election.
More than 210 left-wing or Macronist candidates who qualified for the runoff round of the legislative elections have withdrawn in an effort to block the far right from taking power, a move supported by the French president.
France is fast heading towards a year of political, economic and maybe financial chaos. After the first round of parliamentary elections on Sunday, the prospect of a far-right government commanding an absolute majority of seats in the National Assembly can no longer be ruled out.
French people go to polls for the decisive final round of the snap election Macron called after his camp received a drubbing in European elections last month. His gamble appears to have backfired, with the far-right National Rally (RN) of Marine Le Pen scoring a victory in the first round of voting last Sunday.
An unlikely pact between French opposition parties sees them pulling out of the race to prevent Marine Le Pen's National Rally from securing a landslide victory, after the far-right party climbed ahead in the first round of early legislative elections.
Voting is underway for the first part of France's two-stage legislative election. Polls indicate the right-wing National Rally could be the first far-right party to take power since World War
French President Emmanuel Macron and his allies were on Monday battling to prevent the far right from taking an absolute majority and control of government in a historic first after
French parties race against a deadline to block the far-right as the future of their country’s democracy hangs in the balance.
French candidates make hurried deals in bid to stop far-right National Rally from leading government
National Rally’s Marine Le Pen said her party would lead the government only if it wins an absolute majority – or close to it.
French opposition parties are making hurried deals to try to block a landslide victory for Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally in Sunday’s second round of legislative elections.
French candidates faced a Tuesday deadline to stay in or quit the weekend's runoff election, with over 160 withdrawing so far in an effort to block the far right from winning an absolute majority.The rivals are hoping that putting their differences aside ahead of the runoff with tactical withdrawals will prevent the RN winning an absolute majority of 289 seats in the 577-seat National Assembly.
Emmanuel Macron's centrist camp and a left-wing alliance were on Monday battling to prevent the far right from taking an absolute majority and control of government in a historic first
The far-right National Rally party in France scored a convincing early lead in the first round of the country’s parliamentary elections Sunday, according to pollsters, bringing controversial
France's far-right National Rally party won the first round of snap parliamentary elections on Sunday, taking 33% of the votes, the Interior Ministry said Monday. The leftist New Popular Front coalition earned 28%,
Rivals of France's National Rally party are banding together to try to block its momentum after it took a strong lead in Sunday's parliamentary elections.