covers breaking and general assignment news as the weekend reporter at Vox. She previously worked at Business Insider covering the military and global conflicts. People attend a gathering for the election night following the second-round results of France’s legislative election at Republique Square in Paris on July 7, 2024. Alain Jocard/AFP via Getty Images In Sunday’s French parliamentary elections, voters delivered a serious shake-up of the status quo, one that now means that, in France, there’s no longer a strong center, but rather a politics increasingly dominated by extremes. The election saw the highest turnout since 1981, as well as...