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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Fabrice Randoux and Valerie Leroux

After Olympic Dream, A Rude Political Awakening For Macron?

French President Emmanuel Macron has celebrated the success of some of France's top athletes but has otherwise kept a low profile during the Games (Credit: AFP)

The success of the Olympic Games has surpassed the wildest dreams of many in France but in the next weeks President Emmanuel Macron still will have to face the reality of the deadlocked politics created by his calling of snap legislative elections.

With the Games just around the corner, the polls left France with three major blocs in parliament -- the left as the largest followed by Macron's centrist forces and the far right -- with none of them close to mustering the numbers for an overall majority.

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