French elections

France is voting Sunday in pivotal runoff elections that could hand a historic victory to Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally and its inward-looking, ...

The far-right National Rally appeared to have fallen short of predictions, but no coalition captured an absolute majority in Parliament, according to ...

In a shocking second-round result, the left-wing New Popular Front is projected to finish ahead of Marine Le Pen's far-right party in French parliamentary ...

France was on track for a hung parliament in Sunday's election, with a leftist alliance unexpectedly taking the top spot ahead of the far right, in a major ...

Polling projections show that a coalition on the left that came together unexpectedly won the most parliamentary seats in the French snap elections.

The projections put President Emmanuel Macron's centrist alliance in second, no longer in control of parliament, and the bruised far right in third. With no ...

After the exit polls were announced at 8pm (18:00 GMT), French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said he would hand his resignation to President Emmanuel Macron on ...

According to the projections, the deeply unpopular President Emmanuel Macron lost control of parliament.

Voting was underway in France on Sunday in pivotal runoff elections that could hand a historic victory to Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally and its ...

On June 9, French President Emmanuel Macron took a gamble that took most political experts by surprise. Following a crushing defeat in European Parliament ...

The outcome left no party with an absolute majority and France bracing for potential political paralysis.

Defying all expectations, the loose left coalition Nouveau Front Populaire came out on top of the second and final round of France's snap elections on ...

PARIS — The first projections after polls closed in France's legislative election have the populist, anti-immigration National Rally party falling behind an ...

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Elections results show French voters have chosen to give a broad leftist coalition the most parliamentary seats in pivotal legislative elections.

Loose alliance of left-wing parties becomes biggest parliamentary bloc as vote delivers hung parliament. France election left. Far-left La France Insoumise ...

A left-wing alliance has won the most seats in the French parliament after tactical voting in Sunday's second round election thwarted Marine Le Pen's ...

A leftist coalition, the New Popular Front, has won the most seats in the 2024 French legislative election, beating back a far-right surge but failing to ...

When the graphics flashed up on all the big French channels, it was not the far right of Marine Le Pen and her young prime minister-in-waiting Jordan Bardella ...

0832 GMT – Sterling is likely to remain little moved by U.K. politics for now as markets monitor Keir Starmer's first week as Prime Minister after his ...

While French President Emmanuel Macron has recovered some capacity to negotiate his country's chaotic political waters, the hung parliament that will now sit ...

But the result puts France in uncharted territory as it's never experienced a parliament with no dominant party. What happens next largely depends on the ...

After winning a plurality in National Assembly, France's left-wing coalition plans to name PM candidate this week.

Analysis of France's 2024 parliamentary election results, implications for Macron's presidency, and the emerging political landscape.

French President Emmanuel Macron refused the resignation of the country's prime minister, asking him to remain temporarily as the head of the government ...

Worst fears of a far-right takeover may not have come to pass, but French politics could now find itself in unprecedented chaos.

President Emmanuel Macron called France's snap parliamentary election to “clarify” the political situation. But after the shock second-round results, the waters ...

Voters chose to give a broad leftist coalition the most parliamentary seats in pivotal polls, keeping the far right away from power.

The final tally confirms that the left has the most seats in the National Assembly, with the far right third. Now, there's a scramble to figure out a way ...

“Germany has an interest in the success of the European Union like no other country,” the German chancellor said. “This is only possible together with France.”.

PARIS — France is headed for weeks or even months of political turmoil following a second-round vote on Sunday that left no single party or alliance in a ...

Gabriel Attal had said he would remain in office if needed but offered his resignation Monday morning.

The French left said it wanted to run the government but conceded on Monday that talks would be tough and take time, after Sunday's election thwarted the ...

The far-right National Rally were beaten into third place on Sunday after winning France's first round of parliamentary voting.

The gamble that French President Macron took when he called a snap election in the country has not paid off, Armin Steinbach, professor at HEC Paris said.

Editorial: Progressive and centrist voters joined forces to keep Marine Le Pen's party at bay. But last-ditch resistance is not a long-term strategy.

How will President Emmanuel Macron appoint a new prime minister, and how will a hung parliament work?

BRUSSELS — For the EU, the French election result was good news — but also bad news. “The worst has been avoided,” a senior EU diplomat said, capturing the ...

In Sunday's French parliamentary elections, voters delivered a serious shake-up of the status quo, one that now means that, in France, there's no longer a ...