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President seeks to ensure stability during transition after green-left alliance’s surprise electoral win

French President Macron retains Prime Minister Attal to ensure stability and continuity in governance amidst political developments.

France has been plunged into political turmoil three weeks before hosting the Olympics, making it hard to know who will be in key government positions when the Games open on July 26.

After winning a plurality in National Assembly, France’s left-wing coalition plans to name PM candidate this week.

French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal offers resignation to President Macron amidst election results, just weeks before the Paris Olympic Games.

In today’s newsletter: A shock defeat for the far right National Rally in France, while in the UK the new Labour government gets down to work

French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday asked Prime Minister Gabriel Attal to remain temporarily in office after the government’s political camp lost its majority in high-stakes legislative elections. The leftist New Popular Front (NFP) coalition won the most parliamentary seats, but failed to win an absolute majority in the National…

No obvious candidate to replace Attal after leftwing NFP alliance becomes biggest force in French parliament but fails to win outright majority

President Emmanuel Macron on Monday was to start efforts to extract France from its most severe political uncertainty in decades after the left defeated the far right in elections with no group winning an absolute majority.

Near-final results show that a coalition of the French left has won the most seats in high-stakes legislative elections, beating back a far-right surge but failing to win a majority

President Emmanuel Macron has avoided his nightmare scenario of the far right coming to power in France but still faces an unprecedented challenge steering his country and the remainder of his presidency through an uncertain future.