Right-Wing Dis­ap­points In French Elec­tions After Col­lu­sion By Left, Cen­ter

The left in France surged to vic­to­ry in par­lia­men­tary elec­tions over the week­end in a shock per­for­mance after weeks of surg­ing momen­tum for the country’s right wing.
The New Pop­u­lar Front coali­tion in France is made up of com­mu­nists, social­ists, and greens. The alliance was pro­pelled to vic­to­ry in the elec­tion over the Nation­al Ral­ly, France’s right-wing fac­tion, after cen­trists part­nered with the left to block Nation­al Ral­ly can­di­dates.
French Pres­i­dent Emmanuel Macron, who leads the cen­trist coali­tion Ensem­ble, worked with the New Pop­u­lar F …