A snap legislative election called in France by President Emmanuel Macron has led to a hung parliament, as a left-center coalition blocked Marine Le Pen’s far-right party from seizing the most seats in Paris — but has left the country without any party holding anywhere near an absolute majority in a country without a tradition of forming a coalition government.
According to exit polls from France24, the New Popular Front, a coalition of left-wing parties led by the France Unbowed (La France Insoumise) party, will earn 177-192 seats in Parliament, up from their current count of 131. Macron’s centrist coalition, Together (Ensemble), had 249 seats going into this election and loses nearly a hundred seats, set to fall to 152-158 seats.
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