France’s far right and a coalition of left wing parties surged while President Emmanuel Macron lost his coveted majority in the parliamentary elections on Sunday, a loss that could shape the country’s politics for years to come.
Early projections by several polling firms predicted Mr Macron’s La Republique en Marche would win only about 230 seats, beating all other parties and coalitions but a far cry from the 289 needed for an absolute majority, and far less than the 350 seats his centrist political brand won and drew into its camp in 2017.
