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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
Michael Howie

French election: Emmanuel Macron’s failure to win poll majority a ‘democratic shock’, say his own ministers

President Emmanuel Macron’s own ministers on Monday described his failure to win a parliamentary majority as “a democratic shock” that could “block our capacity to protect the French”.

The head of state was this morning still reeling from “an earthquake” election that saw massive gains for both the far-Left and the far-Right.

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