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Stefanos Kasselakis, leader of the left-wing Greek opposition SYRIZA party, congratulated the United Kingdom's new Prime Minister Keir Starmer and the Labour Party for their "huge victory" in Thursday's elections.

In a social media post on Friday, Kasselakis praised Labour's mission as an inspiration to all progressive parties in Europe. 

France is in danger of entering a permanent conflict, in case President Emmanuel Macron is forced to "cohabit" with Jordan Bardella after the elections. This is the assessment of political scientist Jonah Levy, vice chair of the Department of Political Science at the University of Berkeley and an expert on French politics.

Marine Le Pen's National Rally party, led by the young Jordan Bardella, secured the lead in the first round of historic French parliamentary elections, potentially setting the stage for the far-right to gain power for the first time since World War II, AFP reported.

The leader of France's traditional right-wing party on Tuesday backed an alliance with the far right of Marine Le Pen in snap legislative elections, triggering a crisis within his own party and fury from the government.

France's far-right National Rally (RN) party holds a commanding lead in voting intentions for upcoming European Parliament elections, according to an opinion poll published on Sunday.

Voting intentions remained "very volatile," however, said the Elabe institute, which conducted the polls for broadcaster BFMTV and weekly La Tribune Dimanche.