France’s parties scramble to keep far right from power
Leila Abboud, Adrienne Klasa and Brian Johnston
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Paris | French centrist and left-wing parties raced against time on Monday (Tuesday AEST) to keep National Rally from power, despite the far-right party’s victory in the first round of parliamentary elections.
The RN’s opponents on the centre and the left have until Tuesday (Wednesday AEST) to decide whether to pull candidates out of hundreds of election run-offs and have begun limited electoral co-operation against Marine Le Pen’s party.
Financial Times
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