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Takeaways from the first round of France’s parliamentary elections

French voters went to the polls Sunday in the first round of parliamentary elections, with all 577 National Assembly seats at play. The left-wing NUPES coalition came out neck and neck with Emmanuel Macron’s presidential group, while Marine Le Pen’s National Rally and the right-wing Républicains trail behind. Here are…

France 24

Will ‘drifting’ Macron need conservatives to save his majority?

The French parliamentary elections' first round on Sunday put Emmanuel Macron’s centrist Ensemble group barely ahead of the leftist coalition NUPES under firebrand Jean-Luc Mélenchon – a disappointing result for the freshly re-elected president. But Macron’s centrist alliance is expected to get a second-round boost as swing voters rally to…

France 24

French election: Macron’s centrists expected to keep parliamentary majority after first round of voting

Macron’s party and its allies got about 25 per cent of the vote, according to projections

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Macron's majority in doubt after first round of voting for parliament

French President Emmanuel Macron was in danger of falling short of a parliamentary majority after a first round of voting on Sunday, with some polling firms seeing his centrist alliance scoring less than the 289 seats required.

Radio France Internationale

Macron’s majority at risk after parliament first-round vote

French President Emmanuel Macron could lose his outright majority in parliament, forcing him to compromise and rely on coalition partners to push forward his ambitious reforms.

Tribune News Service

Emmanuel Macron’s coalition level with new leftwing group in French elections

President’s Ensemble alliance is projected to take 25.2% of the vote with Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s Nupes slightly ahead on 25.6%

The Guardian - UK

Macron party neck and neck with leftists in parliamentary vote – Belgian paper

French President Emmanuel Macron's centrist Ensemble (Together) alliance is estimated to have won about 25% of votes in the first round of the country's parliamentary elections, slightly less than the left, Belgian newspaper La Libre said on Sunday, citing two exit polls.

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Will a kiss on the head bring victory for Emmanuel Macron?

France’s president will be hoping his habit of planting a peck on a pate on polling days will bring him luck in parliamentary elections

The Guardian - UK

As France goes to the polls, voters are asking: who really is Emmanuel Macron?

His mutability has let him straddle political divides, but now he must settle on an identity, says French journalist Marion Van Renterghem

The Guardian - UK

France votes in parliament elections with fate of Macron’s ideas at stake

President’s centrists face challenge from historic leftwing alliance, while far right aims for greater visibility

The Guardian - UK

Macron coalition, leftwing bloc neck and neck in first round of French elections

French President Emmanuel Macron was in danger of falling short of a parliamentary majority after a first round of voting in parliamentary elections on Sunday that saw his centrist camp tied with a left-wing coalition led by Jean-Luc Mélenchon. Follow the election night as it happened on our liveblog.

France 24

French left hopes to mount challenge to Macron in parliamentary polls

France began voting in the first round of parliamentary elections on Sunday, with a resurgent and newly unified left seeking to thwart President Emmanuel Macron's plans for reform.

Radio France Internationale

Radical left threatens to hamstring Emmanuel Macron in French election

Analysis: The president could be forced to cohabit with his most fervent opponent, Jean-Luc Mélenchon

The Guardian - UK

France holds parliamentary election in vital test for Macron

French voters are choosing lawmakers in a parliamentary election as President Emmanuel Macron seeks to secure his majority while under growing threat from a leftist coalition

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Macron faces tough battle for control of parliament after first round vote

President Emmanuel Macron faces a tough fight to win an absolute majority in parliament that would allow him to govern with a free hand after a strong showing by a new left-wing alliance in Sunday's first-round election.

France 24

Live: French legislative elections: Voter turnout at 39.42% at 5pm, lower than in 2017

Turnout in the first round of the French parliamentary elections stood at 18.43 percent at noon. This figure is 0.8 points lower than in 2017, when it was 19.24 percent. It is also down sharply from the first round of the 2022 presidential election, when the noon turnout was 25.48…

Asharq Al-Awsat

French Left Seeks to Challenge Macron in Parliament Elections

France goes to the polls on Sunday in the first round of parliamentary elections, with a resurgent and newly unified left seeking to thwart President Emmanuel Macron's plans for reform. Elections for the 577 seats in the lower house National Assembly are a two-round process.

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Russia destroys bridge over Ukrainian river, cutting escape route

Russian forces have blown up a bridge linking the embattled Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk to another city across the river, cutting off a possible evacuation route for civilians, local officials said on Sunday.

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France Says in No Mood to Make Concessions to Russia

France is unwilling to make concessions to Russia and wants Ukraine to win the war against Moscow's invading forces with its territorial integrity restored, a French presidential official said on Friday. President Emmanuel Macron has been criticized by Ukraine and eastern European allies after published interviews on Saturday quoting him…

Radio France Internationale

Why Putin thinks he's winning the war and why the West is wrong about him

Does Russian President Vladimir Putin think he's losing the war in Ukraine? Does the West need to help him to save face? Does he risk a coup? Is he afraid of anti-war protests? Nothing of the sort, says Tatiana Stanovaya, founder of the Paris-based think tank R.Politik.

Radio France Internationale

France accepts Australian cash compensation deal to end submarine spat

Australia on Saturday unveiled a substantial compensation deal with French submarine maker Naval Group, ending a contract dispute that has soured relations between Canberra and Paris for almost a year.

The Independent UK

Why France's parliamentary elections are important to Macron

Emmanuel Macron saw off the far right’s Marine Le Pen in April’s presidential election, but now the French president is facing a threat from the other end of the political spectrum in the fight for parliamentary power

Tribune News Service

Le Pen wants to hand over French far right to a 26-year-old

The rising star of Marine Le Pen’s far-right party is taking his presidential ambitions to the corners of France that feel left behind.

The Guardian - AU

Aukus pact: Australia pays $830m penalty for ditching non-nuclear French submarines

Anthony Albanese pledges to reset Australia’s strained relationship with France after settling cancelled contract with Naval Group

AAP

Govt to pay $830m over scrapped subs deal

The federal government will pay French company Naval Group around $830 million to settle a scrapped deal to build defence submarines in South Australia.

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