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French President Emmanuel Macron has urged the country’s mainstream parties to form a coalition government following last week’s parliamentary elections which saw a broad leftist coalition claim surprise victory. In what where his first public comments on the result of Sunday’s vote, Macron, in a letter published in several newspapers on Wednesday, said sincere dialogue was needed to create a solid majority for France that was made up of different parties. The left-wing multi-party New Popular Front (NFP) came in first in the elections but failed to win a majority, leaving no clear path to a s…

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