France. The left-wing alliance wins the most seats in a dramatic parliamentary election, dealing a severe blow to Marine Le Pen’s far-right party. Macron’s Liberals emerge as the second-largest party. Le Pen’s National Rally had come out on top in the first round a week earlier and was aiming to secure the most seats in the French legislature for the first time in the party’s history. But tactical voting and collaboration among Le Pen’s opponents in an attempt to keep her party out of power paid off.
