France’s leftwing parties have begun jockeying to lead the country’s next government after scoring an unexpected election victory that thwarted Marine Le Pen’s efforts to bring the far right to power.
The hastily cobbled-together leftist Nouveau Front Populaire bloc won the most parliamentary seats in the second-round vote on Sunday, but fell short of an outright majority and has no agreed prime ministerial candidate.
Markets initially reacted negatively to the news of a hung parliament…
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