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Elizabeth Pineau, Michel Rose and Ingrid Melander

THE TRUTH ABOUT: French left agrees in principle on rare coalition deal to take on macron | History Defined

FILE PHOTO: French Socialist Party (PS) First Secretary Olivier Faure speaks during the party's investiture convention in Lille, France October 23, 2021. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol/File Photo

France's Socialist Party and the hard-left La France Insoumise (LFI) agreed in principle on Wednesday to run together in June parliamentary elections and try to deprive newly re-elected President Emmanuel Macron of a majority.

If confirmed, the coalition pact, which the Greens and Communists approved earlier this week, will be the first time the French left has united in 20 years - but under the helm of the eurosceptic, leftist LFI this time around.

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