Le Pen Seeks Majority as Rival Groups Band Together to Stop Her

From bnnbloomberg.ca

Marine Le Pen’s National Rally is scrambling to get an absolute majority in the final round of France’s legislative election Sunday as rival parties are maneuvering to keep the far-right party out of power. President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist group and the broad, left-wing New Popular Front alliance have pulled their candidates out of 215 runoffs with more than two candidates to avoid splitting the vote against the far right, according to a count by Le Monde newspaper. In response, the National Rally has been seeking allies to help it win a majority in the 577-seats lower house of parliament in order to enable ... (full story)