More than 200 centrist and left-wing candidates pulled out of France’s legislative election runoff by a Tuesday deadline, in a move President Emmanuel Macron hopes will block the far right from winning power. But while the withdrawals make a far-right absolute majority less likely, it remains a possibility, says France 24’s international affairs editor Angela Diffley.
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