French left, Macron scramble to block far-right win

This videograb made on July 1, 2024, shows France's President Emmanuel Macron (C) shaking hands with people on June 29, 2024, in a street in Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, northern France.

Candidates in France on Tuesday faced a deadline to register for the run-off round of a high-stakes parliamentary election, as President Emmanuel Macron's centrist camp and a left-wing alliance scrambled to prevent the far right from taking power.