French far left consultations show majority will abstain, vote blank in presidential runoff

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PARIS — Most registered activists for French far-left candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon will abstain or leave their ballot papers blank in the presidential runoff between incumbent Emmanuel Macron and far-right challenger Marine Le Pen, an internal consultation showed. Macron, a pro-European Union centrist, won the presidency in 2017 after easily beating Le Pen when voters rallied […]

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