Leaders of France’s three biggest political groups clashed in their first televised debate on everything from retirement and taxes to immigration as they sought to convince voters that they can be trusted to run Europe’s second-biggest economy. With just days to go before the first round of the legislative vote, centrist Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, Jordan Bardella, the leader of the far-right National Rally, and Manuel Bompard, a representative of the New Popular Front leftist alliance, laid out their plans for addressing the country’s purchasing-power challenges, improving public services and the environment. ... (full story)