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France Holds Back the Far Right in Snap Elections

A leftwing alliance thwarted Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement National in a surprise result. But the prospect of a hung parliament leaves investors and executives with an uncertain road ahead.
France's President Emmanuel Macron exits a polling booth, adorned with curtains displaying the colours of the flag of France, to vote in the second round of France's legislative election in July 2024.
French President Emmanuel Macron exits a polling booth on July 7. (Mohammed Badra/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)

France looks headed for political instability after a surprise win by a left-wing coalition in Sunday’s legislative election offered no party a path to claim the majority needed to govern.

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