Left, right rub shoulders as Macron's France eyes parliamentary vote


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  • Thursday, 08 Jun 2017

French President Emmanuel Macron waits for guests to leave at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, June 6, 2017. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer

ANGERVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE, France (Reuters) - Eighty-year old Francois Bibes has voted for the left all his life. But the former mayor of a village in western France will back Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire, a long-time conservative, in Sunday's parliamentary election.

Across France, many other voters are also expected to switch parties in an election likely to reshape the political landscape after centrist Emmanuel Macron won the presidency last month.

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