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Macron the gambler wins the right to play kingmaker

The French left’s best chance of power is to follow the Keir Starmer strategy of breaking with the extremists and reuniting with the centre.

Lionel LaurentEuropean political commentator

Jul 8, 2024 – 12.29pm

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French President Emmanuel Macron, the inveterate gambler, has won the right to keep playing.

Exit polls for the final round of France’s snap parliamentary election suggest voters have delivered an emphatic “non” to Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally, but only a hesitant “maybe” to her rivals on the left and in the centre.

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Lionel Laurent is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering the European Union and France.

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