 are manoeuvring to keep the far-right out, calling on people to cast a blocking vote against the RN. All this is diminishing the chances of Marine Le Pen and her co-leader, Jordane Bardella, achieving an absolute majority in the National Assembly. That's reassured the markets, which were fearful of a far-right government, though the alternative, blockage in Parliament with no majority for any party, is itself not without risks.