The French president said he was open to building an alliance with other parties, in his first public address since his disastrous result in Sunday’s parliamentary election.
| French President Emmanuel Macron threw the ball back into his opponents’ court on Wednesday , asking them to think about how a fragmented parliament can legislate, as he acknowledged the political crisis would mean working differently.
“I cannot ignore the fractures, the deep divisions that run through our country and are reflected in the composition of the new [National] Assembly,” Mr Macron said in a pre-recorded speech to the nation, his first comments since Sunday’s election. Far-left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon immediately brushed aside his speech, describing it as “ratatouille” and calling on Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, who Mr Macron did not mention, to put forward the government’s road map to a parliamentary vote.
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