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French left coalition comes out on top in elections, in shock upset over far right

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French left coalition comes out on top in elections, in shock upset over far right

French left coalition comes out on top in elections, in shock upset over far right

PARIS — After the shock of French President Emmanuel Macron's choice to call snap races last month, one more amazement came for French citizens as surveys shut Sunday night: the extreme right Public Party (RN) didn't get most of the parliamentary seats surveyors had anticipated.

It didn't come close.


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