France’s far-left New Popular Front (NFP) has won the largest number of seats in the final round of snap parliamentary elections, with President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist coalition finishing as runner ups and the far-right populist National Rally (RN), led by Marine Le Pen, trailing in third place. It’s an astonishing result that has left France without a clear candidate for prime minister but eases fears about the far-right coming to power in one of Europe’s most powerful countries. The New Arab looks into what happened, what this means for the future of France, and where it leaves the prosp…