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French left 'a few steps' from broad alliance to counter Macron in parliamentary polls

Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the head of leftist party La France Insoumise (LFI), has urged French voters to "elect (him) prime minister". © Thomas Coex, AFP

France's left-of-centre parties were on Tuesday close to a broad alliance for June parliamentary polls, hoping that a united front can force President Emmanuel Macron to share power with the left during his second term in office.

Greens and Communists have fallen into line behind the hard-left La France Insoumise (France Unbowed or LFI) movement, and the once-mighty Socialist Party (PS) is expected to follow.

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