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French left rebuffs Macron's unity plea, pushes for prime minister appointment

France's National Assembly, in Paris. AFP - JOEL SAGET

French left-wingers attacked President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday after he called for a broad coalition government, demanding that their parliamentary bloc should propose a prime minister.

The New Popular Front (NFP), a hastily assembled alliance of the hard-left France Unbowed (LFI) party and the Socialist, Green and Communist parties, unexpectedly won the most seats in Sunday's vote, but not a majority.

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