Early results from the country's parliamentary elections indicated a leftist coalition in the lead, in front of the president's centrist alliance and the right-wing National Rally.
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal says he will hand his resignation to President Emmanuel Macron, adding he will carry out his functions as long as required. France was on course for a hung parliament in the second round of the country's parliamentary elections on Sunday, with the leftist New Popular Front alliance unexpectedly taking the top spot ahead of the far right, in a major upset that was set to bar Marine Le Pen’s National Rally from running the government.
The election will leave parliament divided in three big groups with hugely different platforms and no tradition at all of working together. The vote was also a humiliation for Macron, who called the snap election after his ticket was trounced in European Parliament elections last month.
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