Leftist Alliance unexpectedly outperforms Far Right in French elections
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The 2024 French election results shocked the nation, where the left and centrist alliance managed to contain the Far-Right National Front party.
The Leftist alliance, The Popular Front finished with the most votes, followed by President Macron’s Together party, with the National Front finishing third.
The National Front far-right party were bitterly disappointed after finishing third, however, they still made significant gains from what they had before.
The Wire’s contributor Jahan Rezakhanlou asked Bertrand Bourgeois, senior lecturer of French Studies at the University of Melbourne about the French elections, how the National Front were contained, and the future of French politics.
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