The left defies expectations in French elections
by editors@theworld.org (Gerry Hadden) from The World: Latest Stories on (#6P2N0)
A week ago, France's far-right National Rally party looked poised to win the country's snap parliamentary election, called by centrist President Emmanuel Macron in June. That victory was thwarted by a coalition of center and left parties unifying at the last minute to defeat the far-right. The World's Gerry Hadden gets reactions in rural villages, where the National Rally party draws much of its support, to better understand the concerns of ordinary French people outside of big cities.