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International Business Times
International Business Times
Business
Paul AUBRIAT

Far Right Way Ahead With Three Days To France Vote

Marine Le Pen said a far-right government would take control of the military from President Emmanuel Macron (Credit: AFP)

France's political future was up in the air Thursday with the far-right surging in polls but other forces fighting to the end three days before a high-stakes parliamentary vote.

Depending on the result, President Emmanuel Macron could be left in a tense "cohabitation" with a prime minister from an opposing party, or with a chamber unable to produce a stable majority for at least a year to govern the EU's second economy and top military power.

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