Emmanuel Macron’s snap election gamble has halted National Rally’s momentum in the key second round, exit polls have predicted. The left-wing New Popular Front, which established a final ballot pact with Ensemble, is forecast to take between 172 and 205 seats as France’s National Assembly braces for a hung parliament. Macron’s centrist coalition looks poised to receive around 150 to 175 seats, leaving National Rally languishing down in third between 115 and 150 MPs. The exit polls come after Macron struck a deal with non-National Rally candidates to prevent Jordan Bardella becoming Prime Minis…
