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Sunday’s runoff elections have led to an unprecedented political situation in France: President Emmanuel Macron’s coalition has fallen well short of a majority, leaving no single party dominant in the…

Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s party won a record 142 seats amid an upsurge of strikes and protests, but the neo-fascist National Rally also won a record 89 seats.

Presidents centrists have lost their parliamentary majority, on the back of record results for far left

PARIS--French President Emmanuel Macron lost control of the National Assembly in legislative elections on Sunday, a major setback that could throw the country into political paralysis unless he is able to negotiate alliances with other parties.

Marine Le Pen's National Rally overtakes traditional Republicans to become the largest right-wing party in parliament in major setback to French leader; hard left also makes gains

PARIS, June 20, 2022 (BSS/AFP) - Allies of French President Emmanuel Macron started working Monday to cobble together a working parliamentary

Allies of French President Emmanuel Macron started working Monday to cobble together a working parliamentary majority to salvage his second term, after his alliance crumbled in the election against surges…

President Emmanuel Macron is on course to lose his absolute majority in the National Assembly and control of his reform agenda after the first projections by four pollsters showed Sunday's election delivering a hung parliament.

French president faces battle to pass promised reforms on state pensions, education and job benefits after a night that saw far-left and far-right rivals log historic gains.

By Luis Miguel Pascual Paris, Jun 19 (EFE).- French President Emmanuel Macron will go into his second five-year term without the parliamentary majority he had enjoyed during his first term, having on Sunday lost many of his coalition’s former seats to the leftist NUPES group and to the historic rise of the ultraright. The centrist …