French vote splits among left, center & far-right
Update: 2024-07-09 08:26 IST
Paris: French voters divided their legislature among left, center and far right, with no single political faction getting even close to the majority needed for form a government.
The risk of paralysis loomed on Monday for the European Union's second-largest economy. President Emmanuel Macron gambled that his decision to call snap elections would give France a “moment of clarification," but the outcome showed the opposite.