French left celebrates as far right faces surprise defeat. France’s far-right National Rally was widely expected to win this snap election, but projections say they have been beaten into third place.
Popular Front are on course for victory, after a highly charged and abbreviated election called only four weeks ago by a weakened President Emmanuel Macron. Marine Le Pen’s sister loses to left-wing candidate in a constituency into which she was parachuted
National Rally (RN) won the first round of this election, and all the opinion polls since then predicted victory in the polls for RN.
