{"id":14157,"date":"2024-07-09T15:21:48","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T15:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=14157"},"modified":"2024-07-09T15:21:49","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T15:21:49","slug":"leftist-surge-foils-far-right-but-french-election-ends-in-deadlock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=14157","title":{"rendered":"Leftist surge foils far right but French election ends in deadlock"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;A l<a href=\"https:\/\/cnn.com\/2024\/07\/07\/europe\/new-popular-front-france-election-explainer-intl\/index.html?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_yahoo\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">eft-wing alliance<\/a>&nbsp;has won the most seats in the French parliament after tactical voting in Sunday\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cnn.com\/world\/live-news\/france-election-runoff-results-07-07-24-intl\/index.html?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_yahoo\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">second round election<\/a>&nbsp;thwarted&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/search.yahoo.com\/search?p=Marine%20Le%20Pen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Marine Le Pen<\/a>\u2019s far-right party, but France will be left in political limbo after no party came close to winning an absolute majority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a surprise result, the New Popular Front (NFP) \u2013 a cluster of several parties ranging from the far-left France Unbowed party to the more moderate Socialists and the Ecologists \u2013 won 182 seats in the National Assembly, making it the largest group but short of the 289 required for an absolute majority, according to the French Interior Ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/search.yahoo.com\/search?p=Emmanuel%20Macron\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Emmanuel Macron<\/a>\u2019s centrist Ensemble alliance, which had slumped to a dismal third in the first round of voting last Sunday, mounted a strong recovery to win 163 seats. Despite leading after the first round of votes, Marine Le Pen\u2019s far-right National Rally (RN) party and its allies won 143 seats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The RN\u2019s strong showing in the first round stirred fears that France could be on the cusp of electing its first far-right government since the collaborationist Vichy regime of World War II. But Sunday\u2019s results come as a huge upset and show French voters\u2019 overwhelming desire to keep the far right from gaining power \u2013 even at the cost of a hung parliament.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/french-left-wing-coalition-projected-191124298.html\">https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/french-left-wing-coalition-projected-191124298.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;A left-wing alliance has won the most seats in the French parliament after tactical voting in Sunday\u2019s second round election thwarted Marine Le Pen\u2019s far-right party, but France will be left in political limbo after no party came close to winning an absolute majority.<br \/>\nIn a surprise result, the New Popular Front (NFP) \u2013 a cluster of several parties ranging from the far-left France Unbowed party to the more moderate Socialists and the Ecologists \u2013 won 182 seats in the National Assembly, making it the largest group but short of the 289 required for an absolute majority, according to the French Interior Ministry.<\/p>\n<p>President Emmanuel Macron\u2019s centrist Ensemble alliance, which had slumped to a dismal third in the first round of voting last Sunday, mounted a strong recovery to win 163 seats. Despite leading after the first round of votes, Marine Le Pen\u2019s far-right National Rally (RN) party and its allies won 143 seats.<\/p>\n<p>The RN\u2019s strong showing in the first round stirred fears that France could be on the cusp of electing its first far-right government since the collaborationist Vichy regime of World War II. But Sunday\u2019s results come as a huge upset and show French voters\u2019 overwhelming desire to keep the far right from gaining power \u2013 even at the cost of a hung parliament.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/french-left-wing-coalition-projected-191124298.html<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[372,728,414],"class_list":["post-14157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article-share","tag-election","tag-europe","tag-france"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14157"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14158,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14157\/revisions\/14158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}