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Tom BARFIELD

HISTORICAL FACTS: French left blasts macron demands keys to govt - The Untold Story

France's new National Assembly: seats by political party (Credit: AFP)

French left-wingers attacked President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday after he called for a broad coalition government, demanding that their movement alone should propose a prime minister.

No single force won Sunday's second-round vote outright, though a broad alliance of Socialists, Communists, Greens and the hard-left France Unbowed (LFI) won the most seats, with 193 in the 577-strong National Assembly.

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