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  • French vote gives leftists most seats over far right, but leaves hung parliament and deadlock

    JOHN LEICESTER and LORI HINNANT|Jul 5, 2024

    PARIS (AP) — A coalition of the French left won the most seats in high-stakes legislative elections, according to final results early Monday, beating back a far-right surge but failing to win a majority. The outcome left France facing the stunning prospect of a hung parliament and threatened political paralysis in a pillar of the European Union and Olympic host country. That could rattle markets and the French economy, the EU's second-largest, and have far-ranging implications for the war in Ukraine, global diplomacy and Europe's economic s...