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Macron hosts opposition for talks after losing parliamentary majority

French President Emmanuel Macron is hosting opposition leaders for two days of talks at the Elysée Palace starting Tuesday after his ruling coalition lost its absolute parliamentary majority in Sunday's vote. As is customary after an election rout, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne offered her resignation but Macron turned it down.

France 24

Left surges in French elections

Macron in trouble: Jean-Luc Mélenchon's leftist coalition made major gains, as did Marine Le Pen's far-right party

Salon

Cracks at the centre: On France’s elections

Macron seems to have lost some of his support base to both the new left and the far-right

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The Guardian view on Macron’s bad night: a rocky road ahead

Editorial: A remarkable parliamentary election has transformed the political landscape

The Guardian - UK

Macron turns to coalition-building after losing majority in parliamentary elections

French President Emmanuel Macron and his allies are trying to cobble together a working coalition after his centrist alliance lost its majority in legislative elections, raising the prospect of a prolonged political impasse. Macron will hold talks Tuesday and Wednesday at the Élysée Palace with representatives from the leading parties.

France 24

Major gains for left and far-right in French Assembly elections

French President Emmanuel Macron has lost his parliamentary majority, following major gains made by both the left and far-right in Sunday’s…

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Parliamentary elections shock France’s political order to its core

The campaign for the second round of France’s legislative elections pitted two antagonistic forces against each other, Emmanuel Macron’s presidential coalition and the left-wing group, the New Popular Ecological and Social Union (NUPES).

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Five takeaways from the French elections – and what could happen next

It was a bad night for the president and a triumphant one for the far right. How long until a return to the polls?

The Guardian - UK

Macron stripped of majority after crushing blow in parliamentary elections

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.

France 24

French left's coalition gamble pays off in legislative elections but unity challenges loom

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.

France 24

‘A seismic event’: Le Pen’s party makes historic breakthrough in French parliament

Marine Le Pen’s far-right Rassemblement National (National Rally, or RN) made historic gains in Sunday’s French parliamentary election second round, on track to win 90 seats according to projections by Ipsos – a score way beyond the record gains polls predicted. Emmanuel Macron’s centrist bloc, meanwhile, underperformed polling expectations and…

France 24

Macron’s majority at risk as France votes in parliamentary election

Polls suggest advances by new left alliance could hobble centrists’ ability to deliver domestic reforms

The Guardian - UK

French polling stations open for second round of parliamentary elections

Polling stations opened in mainland France Sunday for the second round of parliamentary elections, with recently re-elected President Emmanuel Macron's second-term agenda on the line.

Radio France Internationale

After keeping back the far-right, is France set for a left-wing prime minister?

BY now, beleaguered French president Emmanuel Macron may take little comfort in victory.

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Cleaner who led pay strike faces former minister in Paris election

Rachel Keke, who coordinated successful strike for better pay and conditions, takes on Macron’s former sports minister

The Independent UK

Former hotel housekeeper aims to give French workers a voice

A former hotel housekeeper has become a symbol of the recent revival of France’s left-wing

Radio France Internationale

Final campaign push as parliamentary polls put France's Macron to the test

President Emmanuel Macron and his allies are making one last push for votes ahead of Sunday's final round of parliamentary elections. The French leader could lose his overall majority in the face of a left-wing alliance, complicating his plans for a second term of reforms.

France 24

French legislative elections: The second round, by the numbers

Voters in France are heading back to the polls for a fourth time in two months as legislative elections conclude on Sunday, hot on the heels of April's presidential vote. Some 48.5 million voters are registered to cast a ballot in 572 run-off races across the country, with results due…

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French ex-chambermaid vows to represent ‘invisible’ workers if elected MP

Rachel Keke, a former hotel cleaner who led the fight for better working conditions in a major Paris hotel chain in 2021, is through to the second round of France’s parliamentary elections. If she wins her seat on Sunday, she'll be one of few working-class MPs, and she counts on…

France 24

Macron or chaos: French ruling party flags red menace in tight election

Faced with the threat of a hung parliament, French President Emmanuel Macron’s ruling coalition has shifted its fire from the far right to a new left-wing bloc after a first round of parliamentary elections that exposed the inadequacy of its campaign and the narrowness of its support base.

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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…

The Guardian - UK

Mélenchon’s lesson to the left: less socialism, more social democracy

From the leader of France’s Nupes coalition to Bernie Sanders, radical left firebands are shifting their focus and style, says King’s College London’s Paolo Gerbaudo

France 24

Prizes abound for Le Pen's far right in historic French legislative elections

The duel between Emmanuel Macron's incumbent majority and Jean-Luc Mélenchon's pan-leftist NUPES coalition duly dominated the spotlight on Sunday after the first round of France's legislative elections. But far-right National Rally flagbearer Marine Le Pen had a red-letter night at the ballot box. Even at the low end of seat…

France 24

Majority, hung parliament or ‘cohabitation’: Macron’s prospects uncertain after tight election

French President Emmanuel Macron may find himself without a ruling majority during his second term and deprived of the ability to push through his economic reform agenda after Sunday’s first round of parliamentary elections saw his ruling coalition tied with a new left-wing alliance.

The Guardian - UK

Macron’s centrists could lose control as leftwingers rise in parliament election

President faces a messy scramble if he cannot achieve absolute majority in second round of elections

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