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With no majority and no obvious coalition, the French National Assembly is in uncharted waters. But there’s still room for centrist Emmanuel Macron to salvage a workable programme for the remaining three years of his presidency, by copying the coalition assembled in the EU. Here’s four takeaways from a night that transformed French politics. 1. The anti-far right coalition workedDespite Marine Le Pen’s National Rally (RN) coming top in the first round, tactical alliances among candidates and voters pushed its far-right coalition into third place in the run-offs. Over 200 candidates stood down …

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