France's mainstream conservative party seeks 'deal' with Marine Le Pen's far-Right National Rally

France’s mainstream conservative party signalled the end of a decades-long ban on working with the hard-Right as its leader sought an alliance with Marine Le Pen ahead of snap elections. Eric Ciotti, the leader of the Republicans, suggested the party should work with Ms Le Pen’s National Rally (RN) to win a Right-wing majority in the French parliament in the vote later this month. Emmanuel Macron called the snap election on Sunday after suffering a humiliating defeat to RN in …