French vote gives leftists most seats over far right, but leaves hung parliament and deadlock by John Leicester, Lori Hinnant and Sylvie Corbet, Associated Press, July 7 https://apnews.com/article/france-elections-far-right-macron-08f10a7416a2494c85dcd562f33401d1
On Sun, Jul 7, 2024 at 2:30 PM Steven L. Robinson via groups.io <srobin21= [email protected]> wrote: > *Surprise win for leftwing alliance predicted in French election exit poll* > > *Marine Le Pen’s National Rally falls into third place despite strong > showing in first round of voting* > > *By Angelique Chrisafis in Paris/The Guardian/Sun 7 Jul 2024* > > A leftwing alliance > <https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/23/mother-of-all-battles-french-left-join-forces-to-beat-far-right-electoral-threat> > was on track to become the biggest force in the French parliament on Sunday > after tactical voting held back the far right, but the shape of the future > government remained uncertain after no group looked set for an absolute > majority. > > The surprise result for the left – which was projected to win up to 192 > seats, followed by president Emmanuel Macron’s centrist alliance and the > far right in third – showed the strength of tactical voting against Marine > Le Pen’s far-right National Rally (RN). The far right and its allies had > forged a commanding lead in the first round but were ultimately held back > by massive tactical voting to prevent them winning enough seats to form a > government. > > Although the left alliance was slightly ahead, it was projected to be at > least 100 seats short of an absolute majority. Amid a high turnout > estimated at about 67%, no single group was predicted to win an absolute > majority of 289 seats and form a government. The parliament was likely to > be divided into three blocs: the left, centrists and the far right. > > Full at: > > > https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/07/exit-poll-shows-surprise-win-for-left-wing-alliance-in-french-election > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#31047): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/31047 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/107091457/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
