Candidates in France are racing to register for an early parliamentary election before a deadline expires to take part in a vote that's redrawing the country's political landscape.
WorldA protester holds an anti-far right banner showing the faces of French Presidents and the word 'Honte' or 'Shame' during a rally in Paris, Saturday, June 15, 2024. Anti-racism groups joined French unions and a brand-new left-wing coalition in protests in Paris and across France on Saturday against the surging nationalist far right as frenzied campaigning is underway ahead of snap parliamentary elections.
Quatennens had previously been a lawmaker with the hard-left France Unbowed party. Despite being handed a suspended four-month jail term in 2022 for spousal assault, Quatennens was included among 230 people that France Unbowed first put forward as election candidates with the New Popular Front, immediately testing the alliance's unity.
The pressure led Quatennens to announce Sunday that he wouldn't stand, saying he didn't want his candidacy to harm the New Popular Front and its chances of staving off the far right. The 34-year-old Quatennens again expressed remorse for what he described as “this slap” aimed at his now ex-wife before their divorce, saying:"I immediately regretted it.”
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