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France risks gridlock after Macron handed hung parliament

President Emmanuel Macron faced calls for his prime minister to resign on Monday and doubt hung over his ability to rule decisively after his camp lost its parliamentary majority.

Reuters · Jun 20, 2022

Macron's hung parliament dilemma: what to do next?

French President Emmanuel Macron and his allies on Sunday lost their absolute majority in the National Assembly and with it control of the reform agenda, a crushing outcome for the newly re-elected president.

Reuters · Jun 19, 2022

French election: Macron’s Ensemble loses parliamentary majority

Result could throw France into political paralysis unless Macron is able to negotiate alliances with other parties.

Al Jazeera · Jun 19, 2022

Voter turnout issue looms over French legislative elections after record first-round abstention

With 52.49 percent of voters choosing to stay away on Sunday, France recorded its highest-ever abstention rate in the first round of the legislative elections, surpassing the 2017 record by a full point. Voter turnout will remain a major issue for next Sunday's run-off, as candidates cajole voters head to…

France 24 · Jun 15, 2022

French parliamentary elections continue to redraw the political map, amid record low turnout

The results of the first round of the French parliamentary elections that took place on Sunday are out: according to national daily Le Monde, France’s new left-wing coalition headed by Jean-Luc Melenchon, the Nouvelle union Populaire Ecologique et Sociale (NUPES, New Popular Ecological and Social Union) has clinched most of the…

The Conversation · Jun 13, 2022

French election: Macron’s centrists hold razor-thin edge over left after first round vote

Macron’s Ensemble! alliance won 25.75% of votes in the first round of the lower house election, with Jean-Luc Melenchon’s NUPES bloc just behind on 25.66%

Evening Standard · Jun 13, 2022

Macron's alliance holds thin majority in legislative polls, as left-wing alleges irregularities

French President Emmanuel Macron's centrist Ensemble alliance heads into the week ahead of a crucial second round of runoff voting in lower house elections with a razor-thin edge over the left-wing NUPES bloc, amid accusations of voter irregularities.

Radio France Internationale · Jun 13, 2022

Macron's Majority in Doubt after First-round of Parliament Vote

French President Emmanuel Macron's centrist alliance was in danger of falling short of a majority after the first round of parliamentary elections on Sunday saw a surge in support for a new left-wing coalition. Macron's "Ensemble" (Together) alliance ran neck-and-neck with the left-wing NUPES grouping in Sunday's first round, with…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 13, 2022

Macron fights to save his parliamentary majority and reform agenda

President Emmanuel Macron could lose his outright majority in France's parliament and the ability to push through his economic reform agenda with a free hand after a strong showing by a new left-wing alliance in the first round of voting.

Reuters · Jun 13, 2022

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 · Jun 12, 2022