There was stunned silence at the far-right National Rally (RN) party headquarters as the results of France’s legislative elections came in.
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In stark opposition, ecstatic jubilation rocked Place de La République Square where leftwing New Popular Front (NFP) supporters had gathered. The leftist alliance unexpectedly took the top spot in the elections, ahead of the far right in a major upset that bars Marine Le Pen’s National Rally from getting enough seats to form a government
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