The result would mark a huge setback for the country’s far right, which opinion surveys ahead of the vote had projected would win comfortably.
France is on course for a hung parliament in its legislative election, with a leftist alliance unexpectedly taking the top spot ahead of the far right, in a major upset that was set to bar Marine Le Pen’s National Rally from running the government.
People wave French flags as they react to projected results after the second round of the legislative elections.The RN was set to come third, according to pollsters’ projections based on early results. The election will leave parliament divided in three big groups with hugely different platforms and no tradition at all of working together.
National Rally Leader Jordan Bardella leaves the stage after speaking to supporters after projections suggest his party’s defeat in the French election.The leftist alliance, which gathers the hard left, the Socialists and Greens, who have long been at odds with each other, was forecast to win between 172 and 215 seats out of 577, according to the pollsters’ projections.Cries of joy and tears of relief broke out at the leftist alliance’s gathering in Paris when the estimates were announced.
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