The leftists and centrists did some fancy footwork and managed to stymie Marine Le Pen and her National Rally party. So, France’s downhill slide will accelerate. From Tyler Durden at zerohedge.com:
Well, no one saw that coming…
The last-minute-arranged broad left-wing coalition known as The New Popular Front (NFP), was leading a tight French legislative election Sunday, ahead of both President Emmanuel Macron’s centrists and Le Pen’s rightists, projections showed.
Provisional estimates from four pollsters suggest the following seat projections:
- Left Alliance Set for 170-215 Seats
- Macron’s Group Set for 150-182 Seats
- Le Pen’s Group Set for 110-158 Seats
It looks like the anti-National Rally front worked better than anyone expected, catching the polling companies by surprise.
The projected results suggest that the co-ordinated anti-RN strategy, under which the left and center tactically withdrew their candidates from run-offs, had paid off.
If confirmed in final voting tallies, the projections suggest that none of the three main blocs will be able easily to command a governing majority, potentially leaving France in a period of political gridlock.
There are some big barriers to that given that Macron himself has called France Unbowed – a big part of the left’s New Popular Front – an extremist party and some of his supports have called against voting for its candidates
