Fighting on two fronts, France’s Macron flags ‘extremist fever’ on right and left

French President Emmanuel Macron fought his last presidential campaign against the far right’s Marine Le Pen, and then the ensuing parliamentary polls against a newly united left. His weakened coalition must now take on both opponents at once, in a snap election that Macron has framed as a final showdown between his moderate camp and “extremists” on both right and left.