Leaders in Europe and the US express relief mixed with concern about France's election result
Leaders across Europe and from the United States have reacted with relief mixed with concern to the result of the French legislative election
BERLIN (AP) — Leaders across Europe and the United States reacted with relief but also some concern to the result of the French legislative election, which leaves a key European Union country facing the prospect of a hung parliament and political paralysis.
Relief, because the far-right National Rally didn't come out as the strongest party, as many pro-European leaders had feared — but also concern because no political grouping has a majority in the National Assembly.
U.S. President Joe Biden provided his political analysis of the French parliamentary elections when asked for his take on the outcome during a telephone interview Monday morning on cable TV.
"The polls were wrong in France,” he said, adding that “there’s no right wave or tide here in America, either.”
