France Dodges Far-Right Win But Macron Has No One to Govern
- Le Pen’s party slumps to third place after surge for leftists
- Macron’s group wins second-most seats in shock result
France is heading into an extended period of political gridlock after a shock defeat for Marine Le Pen’s far right in Sunday’s elections produced a divided parliament with no clear majority.
A left-wing alliance including the far-left group France Unbowed will be the biggest group with 178 out of 577 seats in the lower house, but still way short of the 289 required for an absolute majority. President Emmanuel Macron’s group was second with Le Pen’s National Rally trailing in third place.