Macron Opts Not to Field Candidates in Some 60 Districts in Vote

French President Emmanuel Macron’s group and its allies won’t field candidates in about 60 electoral districts so as to clear the way for other parties with a better chance of barring the road to the far right and a new leftist alliance, Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said.

He pointed to Correze, in central France, where they would back a conservative Republicans opponent against both the candidate from Marine Le Pen’s National Rally and former President Francois Hollande, who is running on the New Popular Front ticket that includes the far-left France Unbowed.