 Such a victory would mark the first time a hard right force has taken power in France since post-World War II amid the occupation of Nazi Germany, a fact not lost on left-wing politicians. Raphael Glucksmann, a key figure in the left-wing alliances at Salome, said this morning, we have seven days to spare France from this catastrophe, meaning all of us on the left have to band together to stop the right from gaining a coalition majority and forming a new government.