POLITICS
Frankreich steht vor Stillstand nachdem linke Allianz die meisten Sitze erhielt
July 8, 2024 - Frankreich steht vor Parlamentswahl ohne Mehrheitspartei, nachem überraschend die linke Nouveau Front Populaire (NFP) die favorisierten Rechten von Marine Le Pen auf den dritten Platz verwiesen hat.
The surprise result for the leftist New Popular Front (NFP) – which won 182 seats, followed by president Emmanuel Macron’s centrist Together alliance on 163 and the far right in third with 143 seats – showed the strength of tactical voting against Marine Le Pen’s National Rally (RN).
The far right and its allies had forged a commanding lead in the first round but were ultimately held back by massive tactical voting to prevent them winning enough seats to form a government.
With no single group securing a working majority the possibilities include the NFP forming a minority government or the building of a broad, unwieldy coalition.