The French legislative elections this Sunday have created a new political scenario unprecedented in modern history. President Emmanuel Macron, who was elected two months ago, has lost his absolute majority in the National Assembly. The left coalition and the National Union led by Marine Le Pen increased the number of deputies.

What actually happened this Sunday in France is that the newly elected president has lost control of the National Assembly and will now be forced to negotiate the future and find allies in Parliament. Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has already given assurances that she is ready to negotiate.

The problem is that the parties that could ally with the government, especially the Republicans, do not seem to be interested in negotiations. And in the French opposition, the left and the extreme right, which have achieved the best result, will now be strengthened.

The left-wing coalition, led by Jean-Luc Mélenchon, also announced that it intends to submit a vote of no confidence in the government in early July. But despite being the second largest parliamentary group, it does not have enough votes to pass the proposal.

One thing is certain right now: Emmanuel Macron faces five years of constant negotiations and parliamentary compromises.

However, it should be noted that more than half of the French voters did not go to the polls, especially the youth, who, according to analysts, do not see themselves in the current politics and are tired of the elections. The second round of legislative elections was the fourth national vote this year in France.

AcThe coalition that supports French President Emmanuel Macron won 245 places in the National Assembly far short of the 289 needed for an absolute majority. BUT ensemble! получил 38,57% голосовwhich means a loss of ten percentage points and 105 MPs in relation to the second round of the 2017 legislative elections.

According to the results released this Monday by the Ministry of the Interior, the left-wing coalition Nova União Popular Ecológica e Social (NUPES) has 131 deputies with 31.60% of the vote.. data that means when they introduced themselves separately (La France Insumisa, the Socialist Party, the French Communist Party and the Greens).

But the largest increase that the demographic institutions did not predict with this magnitude corresponds to The National Union – far right – Marine Le Pen won 89 seats (with 17.30% of the vote), a giant leap from the eight MPs he won in 2017, when he received 8.75% of the vote in the runoff. wishes.

O The classic right-wing Republican Party has suffered a major setback as 61 MPs achieved well below 112 from five years ago. In percentage terms, it fell from 22.23% to 6.98%.

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