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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.

France 24

Far right National Rally on course to form 'large' parliamentary group

France’s National Rally party (RN) came third in the first round of legislative elections on Sunday. Ahead in 108 of the 577 constituencies, the party’s performance gives weight to leader Marine Le Pen’s hopes to form a parliamentary group for the first time since 1986.

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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

The Guardian - UK

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

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

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.

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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…

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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

Takeaways from the first round of France’s parliamentary elections

French voters went to the polls Sunday in the first round of parliamentary elections, with all 577 National Assembly seats at play. The left-wing NUPES coalition came out neck and neck with Emmanuel Macron’s presidential group, while Marine Le Pen’s National Rally and the right-wing Républicains trail behind. Here are…

France 24

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

As France goes to the polls, voters are asking: who really is Emmanuel Macron?

His mutability has let him straddle political divides, but now he must settle on an identity, says French journalist Marion Van Renterghem

The Guardian - UK

Radical left threatens to hamstring Emmanuel Macron in French election

Analysis: The president could be forced to cohabit with his most fervent opponent, Jean-Luc Mélenchon

The Guardian - UK

Why France's parliamentary elections are important to Macron

Emmanuel Macron saw off the far right’s Marine Le Pen in April’s presidential election, but now the French president is facing a threat from the other end of the political spectrum in the fight for parliamentary power

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Macron faces tough vote in France's closely fought parliamentary polls

Just seven weeks after re-electing Emmanuel Macron as President, the French are invited back to the ballot box this Sunday for parliamentary elections, with Macron and his allies seeking to retain a majority in the face of a strong challenge from a left-wing coalition.

Reuters

Left-wing bloc seen slightly ahead of Macron camp in French parliament election -poll

The left-wing 'Nupes' political bloc is seen as slightly ahead of French President Emmanuel Macron's centrist camp regarding voting intentions for this month's parliamentary election, according to an Ifop-Fiducial poll for LCI TV.

The Independent UK

Hard-left leader sees win in French vote, himself as new PM

Leftist parties that had nearly disappeared from the French political landscape have grown wings in the runup to Sunday’s legislative elections and now threaten to weaken President Emmanuel Macron and his hopes of slam-dunking his agenda through parliament

Radio France Internationale

Unified French left seeks to be counterweight to Macron, but not everyone agrees

The French left has united for the first time since the 1970s and is running candidates in the upcoming legislative elections who will serve as a counterweight to President Emmanuel Macron. But there are dissidents, and those campaigning for the leftwing coalition are having to work hard to bring people…

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Police violence controversy enters French parliamentary election campaign

PM Elisabeth Borne has condemned as "outrageous" comments by Jean-Luc Mélenchon, leader of the new left-wing Nupes alliance, following a fatal police shooting over the weekend. The issue of police violence has entered a close parliamentary election battle between Nupes and allies of centrist President Macron.

France 24

Paris shooting thrusts police violence into the spotlight as French legislative elections loom

A fatal police shooting in Paris has thrust the issue of violence by security forces to the heart of an increasingly close French parliamentary election battle between a new left-wing coalition and allies of centrist President Emmanuel Macron.

Radio France Internationale

French overseas voters give Macron the lead in parliamentary polls

President Emmanuel Macron's bloc has come out on top in most of the 11 constituencies of French voters overseas who went to the polls on Sunday, ahead of the rest of France. The left posed a stronger challenge than in 2017, however, while former prime minister Manuel Valls, backed by…

Reuters

French overseas legislative vote points to duel between Macron and left

President Emmanuel Macron's bloc has come out on top in most of the constituencies of French voters overseas who went to the polls ahead of the rest of France, but with a stronger challenge from the left compared to 2017.

Radio France Internationale

Will crawling into bed with France's hard left save or sink the Socialists?

France's long-established Socialist Party has fallen into line behind the hard-left France Unbowed, joining a left-wing alliance aimed at depriving President Emmanuel Macron of a majority in parliament in next month’s elections. Some party heavyweights see it as the final nail in the coffin of the fractured Socialists; others feel…

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