The French left-wing alliance that emerged as the surprise victor in snap parliamentary elections is poised to choose its candidate for prime minister within a week, Socialist Party leader Olivier Faure and other top party officials said on Monday. The New Popular Front (NFP) alliance consists of the Socialists, the Greens, the Communists and Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s hard-left France Unbowed. President Emmanuel Macron called the early polls on June 9. The NFP was launched shortly before the first round of elections for the National Assembly on June 30. The short window to prepare meant that the al…