Rallying right: France's uncertain future

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  The Economist Hello, I'm Rosie Bloor.

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  I host The Intelligence, our daily news and current affairs podcast.

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  Welcome to Editor's Picks.

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  Here's an article handpicked from the latest edition of The Economist.

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  France's Fourth Republic lasted from 1946 to 1958.

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  In those 12 years, it had 26 governments, two of which were in power for only two days.

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  The Fifth Republic, created by Charles de Gaulle in 1958,

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  was meant to provide greater stability,

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  thanks to a new electoral system and a strengthening of the powers of the President.

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  It has worked pretty well.

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  Until now.

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  The good news from the snap elections on July 7th is that tactical voting has dashed Marine Le Pen's hopes that her hard-right National Rally,

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  or RN, would lead France's next government.

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  Squeezed by the left-wing New Popular Front, or NFP,

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  and President Emmanuel Macron's centrist ensemble bloc,

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  the RN was pushed into an inglorious third place.

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  The bad news is that nobody has a clue what will happen next.

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  Mr Macron can stay in the Élysée Palace until 2027.

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  But to run the country and get legislation through Parliament,

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  he needs a Prime Minister and a government.

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