Who is Marine Tondelier? Meet the Green leader who inspired France to vote against the far-right
France’s left/green alliance the New Popular Front (NFP) emerged as the dominant force in Sunday’s election, thwarting Marine Le Pen’s push to put the far right in power. It came as a shock after weeks of opinion polls had predicted National Rally (RN) a comfortable victory. With the left winning 182 seats, Macron’s centrist alliance 168 and Le Pen’s RN 143, no single group has secured a working majority, Interior Ministry data cited by Le Monde newspaper showed. Green Party leader Marine Tondelier has been one of the stand-out voices in the left-wing election campaign. The party is one of the...