Jean-Luc Melenchon, leader of French far-left opposition party La France Insoumise (France Unbowed - LFI), delivers a speech on stage during a rally with members of the alliance of left-wing parties called the "Nouveau Front Populaire" (New Popular Front - NFP), at the Place de la Republique after partial results in the first round of the early French parliamentary elections in Paris, France, June 30, 2024. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
PARIS (Reuters) - Following are reactions to the upset results of France's parliamentary election on Sunday. The country was on course for a hung parliament with the left-wing New Popular Front (NFP) coming first, ahead of President Emmanuel Macron's centrists and the far-right National Rally (RN), according to pollsters' projections based on early results from a sample of polling stations.
JEAN-LUC MELENCHON, HARD-LEFT FRANCE UNBOWED PARTY
