A coalition of the French left beat back a far-right surge but failed to win a majority, leaving France to face a rare hung parliament.

The results were also a blow for centrist President Emmanuel Macron, who called the snap election to clarify the political landscape after his ticket took a battering at the hands of the RN in European Parliament elections last month. He ended up with a ...

Orbán announced last week he was seeking to form the Patriots group together with Austrian and Czech parties, and was looking for others to join. Under the EU parliament’s rules, groups can be formed with a minimum of 23 MEPs from seven countries. If the RN joins with its 30 MEPs, it would become the largest faction in the group.