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French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday night he would not name a government led by the left-wing New Popular Front (NFP) alliance, despite its victory in snap parliamentary elections almost two months ago. The NFP – consisting of the hard-left France Unbowed, the Socialists, the Communists and the Greens – has proposed civil servant Lucie Castets as its candidate for prime minister, but is almost 100 seats short of a majority. Green Party leader Marine Tondelier called Macron’s announcement a disgrace and said he was ignoring the election results. France Unbowed’s parliamentary group …

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