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People gather on the Republique plaza following the second round of the legislative elections, July 7, 2024 in Paris
THE LEFT coalition was preparing for power today after it scored a sensational victory in Sunday’s second round of voting for the French National Assembly.
The newly established New Popular Front coalition won 180 seats, ahead of President Emmanuel Macron’s business-centred Renaissance alliance, with more than 160 seats.
Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally (NR) were restricted to third place, although their more than 140 seats was still way ahead of the party’s previous best showing of 89 seats in 2022.
From Reform UK to Trump, Orban and beyond, the far right is organised across borders and growing. Waiting for it to collapse is a fatal error – building an international, locally rooted left alternative is now an urgent necessity., argues ROGER McKENZIE
DENNIS BROE gives an update on the last week of anti-austerity protests against the Macron regime, which has seen the supposedly more right-leaning Gilets Jaunes join with the unions and the left
The desperate French president keeps running up the same political cul-de-sac. DENNIS BROE offers an explanation
