French President Emmanuel Macron is projected to lose his outright majority in the National Assembly - the most powerful branch of the country's parliament.
The result is a setback for Mr Macron and his centrist alliance, which faced a strong challenge from a left-green coalition.
His alliance won the most seats but fell short of an overall majority which would have given him the mandate to push through his campaign promises, which include tax cuts, raising France's retirement age from 62 to 65, and increasing European Union integration. Mr Macron's alliance was opposed by a coalition of socialists and greens known as the New Ecologic and Social People's Union and led by
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