France's newly elected President Emmanuel Macron has lost control of his reform agenda after he and his allies failed to win a majority in the National Assembly.
French President Emmanuel Macron had hoped to stamp his second term with an ambitious programme of tax cuts, welfare reform and raising the retirement age.French President Emmanuel Macron has lost his parliamentary majority after major election gains by a newly formed left-wing alliance and the far right, in a stunning blow to his plans for major second-term reform.
The outcome severely tarnished Macron's April presidential election victory when he defeated the far-right to be the first French president to win a second term in over two decades. The left only had 60 seats in the outgoing parliament, meaning they could triple their representation. As president, Mr Macron retains control over foreign policy, with the 44-year-old seeking to play a prominent role in putting an end to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.Mr Melenchon called Sunday's results "above all an electoral failure" for Mr Macron. "The rout of the presidential party is total and there will be no majority," in parliament, he told cheering supporters in Paris.
Ms Le Pen hailed a historic result for her party, saying it would send "by far" its highest number of MPs to the next National Assembly. The ruling party's campaign had been shadowed by growing concern over rising prices, while new Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne failed to make an impact in sometimes lacklustre campaigning.
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