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Macron stripped of majority after crushing blow in parliamentary elections

French President Emmanuel Macron holds a press conference with the heads of state of Ukraine, Germany and Romania, at Mariinsky Palace in Kyiv, on June 16, 2022. © Ludovic Marin, AFP

Allies of French President Emmanuel Macron started working Monday to cobble together a working parliamentary majority to salvage his second term, after his alliance crumbled in the election against surges from the left and far-right.    

Macron's Ensemble (Together) coalition emerged as the largest party in parliamentary elections but was dozens of seats short of keeping the parliamentary majority it had enjoyed for the last five years.

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