In July the New Popular Front (NFP), a coalition of left-wing parties, came out on top in a snap general election in France, winning 193 seats in the National Assembly. The centrist bloc supporting President Emmanuel Macron got 166 seats, the far-right National Rally (RN) 142, and the center-right Republicans forty-seven.

A progressive alliance prevented Marine Le Pen far-right taking power in France. To hlp us pick through a complicated year for progressives in Frances, and what comes next for the NPF, Neal will be joined be Professor of French and European Politics, Philippe Marliėre, and journalist and researcher based in the UK, Olly Haynes.