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The leader of the French far-right-wing nationalist National Rally (RN), Jordan Bardella, has lashed out at his political opponents following the surprising victory of the left-wing New Popular Front (NFP) alliance in the parliamentary elections. He described the centrist camp of President Emmanuel Macron and the left-wing alliance as a “single party” and an “alliance of dishonour.” Bardella railed against “electoral agreements” that “have plunged France into the arms of Jean-Luc Mélenchon,” the hard-left leader. The left-wing camp and Macron’s centrist forces had formed an alliance of conveni…