8 Jul 2024

Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 8 July 2024
A woman walks past election campaign posters in Paris.

A woman past election campaign posters in Paris. Photo: AFP/ Serge Attal

France's far right has failed to make a breakthrough in snap parliamentary elections. Instead, leftist alliance New Popular Front has come out on top according to exit polls - but if no party gets an absolute majority, how likely is a hung parliament?