Over 200 French election candidates bow out in bid to block far right in runoff – National
Opponents of France’s National Rally (RN) stepped up their bid to block the far-right party from power on Tuesday as more candidates agreed to pull out of this weekend’s run-off election to avoid splitting the anti-RN vote. More than 200 candidates have confirmed they will not stand in Sunday’s second-round for France’s 577-seat national parliament, … Read more
