'Difficult to see how things will move forward' for left-wing bloc despite election victory

A coalition of the French left won the most seats in high-stakes legislative elections Sunday, beating back a far-right surge. But with not enough seats for an absolute majority, “it is difficult to see how things will move forward” for the left as it attempts to form a government, Paul Smith, professor of French history and politics at the University of Nottingham, tells France 24.
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