PARIS, June 10 - The far-right National Rally was forecast on Monday to win a snap election in France but fall short of an absolute majority in the first opinion poll published after President Emmanuel Macron's shock decision to dissolve parliament.
There is no certainty the RN would run the government, with or without an alliance with others. Other scenarios include a wide-ranging coalition of mainstream parties, or a completely hung parliament. "We're still in shock," Emmanuel Pellerin, a lawmaker from Macron's Renaissance party, told Reuters."Everything points to the RN winning a relative or absolute majority. But that forces the French to think about what is at stake."PARTY TALKS
Bardella said after the meeting that talks were under way over forming an alliance. He added he was also talking with some members of the conservative Les Republicains.Leaders of the very divided French left - the hard left LFI , Communists, Socialists and Greens - were also holding talks.