What’s next for markets after far-right EU election surge triggers shock France vote?


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Open this photo in gallery: French President Emmanuel Macron leaves a polling station in Le Touquet, northern France, on June 9.LUDOVIC MARIN/Getty Images Gains for the far-right in European Parliament elections that prompted French President Emmanuel Macron to call a shock national vote puts the focus squarely back on political risks in Europe that financial markets had long put on the backburner. The euro, French stocks and government debt were all hurt on Monday as investors assessed whether the far-right can repeat their success in French elections and how much sway far-right parties can have on the new European Union...