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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 Ensemble (Together) coalition seeks new allies to push through his reform agenda. FRANCE 24's Cole Stangler tells us more.
French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte leave their residence in Le Touquet to go to the polling station for the second round of the legislative elections. IMAGES
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. Mathieu Doiret, Researcher at IPSOS, speaks to FRANCE 24.
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. Elections for the 577 seats in the lower house National Assembly are a two-round process, with the shape of the new parliament becoming clear only after the second round on June 19.
France's Socialist Party sealed a deal on Friday to join the French left's first broad coalition pact in 20 years, in a bid to deprive newly re-elected President Emmanuel Macron of a majority in June's parliamentary elections. The pact, which the Greens and Communists already approved earlier this week, sees La France Insoumise (LFI) in the driving seat for the first time, in a deal that is shaking up French politics. FRANCE 24's French Politics Editor Marc Perelman gives his analysis.
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