France Votes in Decisive Round of Elections

“French voters head to the polls Sunday for the final round of parliamentary elections that hinge on whether France is prepared to hand control of the National Assembly to Marine Le Pen’s anti-immigrant forces and usher them into the halls of government,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“Le Pen’s party, National Rally, is facing longer odds after a coalition of leftist parties and the ranks of President Emmanuel Macron agreed to try to pool their voters, withdrawing hundreds of third-place candidates in order to set up head-to-head matchups with Le Pen candidates in the final round of voting.”