Candidates in France are rushing to register for an early parliamentary election ahead of a Sunday evening deadline as the country faces a significant political shift. A left-wing alliance, formed to counter the rise of the far right, experienced a setback when a prospective lawmaker, previously convicted for spousal assault, withdrew his candidacy.
The New Popular Front, a coalition of parties from the far-left to the center-left, is campaigning together to prevent the possibility of France's first far-right government since the Nazi occupation. President Emmanuel Macron dissolved the National Assembly in response to a defeat by the far right in the European Parliament election.
