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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jon Henley Europe correspondent

Can France’s New Popular Front overcome electoral threat from far right?

Woman passing in front of poster for New Popular Front
A woman passes a poster for the New Popular Front. It is not yet clear who will lead the NFP or be its candidate for prime minister. Photograph: Benoît Tessier/Reuters

France’s four main left-leaning and green parties, aiming to block the advance of the far right, have formed an alliance to run a single list of candidates in snap elections called by President Emmanuel Macron for later this month.

Who is in the New Popular Front (NFP), what is its platform, how well is it likely to perform – and, given the major policy disagreements between its members and the personal animosity among its leaders, will it survive?

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