BBCNEWS World Business Report July 7, 2024
the french president, emmanuel macron, has suffered a serious setback after losing his majority in parliament. his party, ensemble, is still the biggest in the national assembly, but it lost around 100 seats in yesterday's elections. there were big gains for marine le pen�*s far—right party, and a new left—wing alliance, led by the hard—left leader, jean—luc melenchon. this means issues such as macron�*s plans to raise the retirement age and changes to low income support could face more obstacles. joining me now is tomasz michalski, economics professor, at the business sc...