France’s new left-wing bloc is set to become the largest opposition force in parliament. But staying united will present an early test as President Emmanuel Macron’s centre-right majority seeks allies on the moderate left to push through his reform agenda.
Macron was on course to lose his absolute majority in the National Assembly after projections pointed to a hung parliament that would see the pan-leftist NUPES (New Popular Union) alliance winning an estimated 141 seats, according to pollster Ipsos Sopra-Steria late Sunday evening Paris time, more than doubling the score of its combined parties in 2017.
