The leftwing alliance in France is on course to win the most seats in a dramatic parliamentary election, dealing a blow to the far-right party of Marine Le Pen, according to early estimates. Le Pen’s National Rally came top in the first round a week ago and was aiming to secure the most seats in France’s legislature for the first time in the party’s history. But tactical voting and collaboration between Le Pen’s opponents in an effort to keep her party out of power appeared to have paid off, the first indications from pollsters suggested. According to early estimates by polling institute IFOP, the leftwing alliance ... (full story)