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In Meaux, disillusionment drove voters towards France's resurgent far right

Care worker Sandrine Marchal began voting for the far-right several years ago, frustrated by the constant struggle to make ends meet. On Sunday, her home town of Meaux, a conservative stronghold east of Paris, made the same political shift.

Reuters

Parliamentary elections shock France’s political order to its core

The campaign for the second round of France’s legislative elections pitted two antagonistic forces against each other, Emmanuel Macron’s presidential coalition and the left-wing group, the New Popular Ecological and Social Union (NUPES).

The Conversation

Melenchon says French left should form one group in new parliament

France's left-leaning parties which jointly campaigned as the Nupes alliance for Sunday's lower house election should now form one group to become the second largest in the National Assembly after President Emmanuel Macron's centrists, Jean-Luc Melenchon said on Monday.

Reuters

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France set for 'urgent' government reshuffle in wake of election losses

France is headed for a government reshuffle after President Emmanuel Macron’s party lost its absolute majority in parliamentary elections, with three out of 15 ministers losing their seats. The president of the National Assembly and the head of the LREM parliamentary group were also casualties after Sunday’s vote, which saw…

Radio France Internationale

Le Pen: Huge gains in French parliament a 'seismic event'

France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen said on Monday that her party’s extraordinary surge in the country's parliamentary election is a “historic victory” in French politics

The Independent UK

French National Assembly dissolution not on agenda for now - government spokesperson

The dissolution of the National Assembly lower house of parliament is "not a topic for now", French government spokesperson Olivia Gregoire told France Inter radio on Monday, after President Emmanuel Macron lost his absolute majority.

Reuters

French election: Emmanuel Macron’s failure to win poll majority a ‘democratic shock’, say his own ministers

Final results showed Macron’s candidates winning 245 seats - much less than the 289 required to have a straight majority at the National Assembly

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‘A seismic event’: Le Pen’s party makes historic breakthrough in French parliament

Marine Le Pen’s far-right Rassemblement National (National Rally, or RN) made historic gains in Sunday’s French parliamentary election second round, on track to win 90 seats according to projections by Ipsos – a score way beyond the record gains polls predicted. Emmanuel Macron’s centrist bloc, meanwhile, underperformed polling expectations and…

France 24

Macron's hung parliament dilemma: what to do next?

French President Emmanuel Macron and his allies on Sunday lost their absolute majority in the National Assembly and with it control of the reform agenda, a crushing outcome for the newly re-elected president.

Reuters

French PM Borne says lower house election result is "risk" for the country

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne on Sunday said that the result of the lower house elections, in which the camp of President Emmanuel Macron lost its absolute majority, was a "risk" for the country.

Reuters

French election: Macron’s Ensemble loses parliamentary majority

Result could throw France into political paralysis unless Macron is able to negotiate alliances with other parties.

Al Jazeera

Macron Alliance Projected to Lose Parliamentary Majority

French President Emmanuel Macron’s alliance got the most seats in the final round of the parliamentary election on Sunday, but it lost its parliamentary majority, projections show. The projections, which are based on partial results, show that Macron’s candidates would win between 200 and 250 seats — much less than…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Macron set to lose majority in France’s parliament, polls show

President may be weaker by morning as opponents projected to gain power in parliament

The Independent UK

Macron’s bloc falls short of absolute majority, leftist coalition second, large gains for far right

Emmanuel Macron lost his absolute majority in France's lower-house National Assembly as French legislative elections concluded on Sunday, the country's fourth Election Day in two months after last week's first round and April's presidential election. FRANCE 24 had the night's key results as they rolled in, reporting from our correspondents…

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‘Ready to Kill’ – Ecuador’s teen Sicarios murder for twenty dollars

The humanitarian photojournalist Paddy Dowling reports from Ecuador on how the government is losing the fight against organised crime networks and children continue to pay the highest price

The Independent UK

Former hotel housekeeper aims to give French workers a voice

A former hotel housekeeper has become a symbol of the recent revival of France’s left-wing

Benzinga

Panama President Vetoes Bill To Regulate Crypto Assets

Panama President Laurentino Cortizo has vetoed a Bill passed by the country’s National Assembly, stating that it needs adaptation to the rules governing the Panamanian banking system.

Radio France Internationale

French ex-chambermaid vows to represent ‘invisible’ workers if elected MP

Rachel Keke, a former hotel cleaner who led the fight for better working conditions in a major Paris hotel chain in 2021, is through to the second round of France’s parliamentary elections. If she wins her seat on Sunday, she'll be one of few working-class MPs, and she counts on…

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Voter turnout issue looms over French legislative elections after record first-round abstention

With 52.49 percent of voters choosing to stay away on Sunday, France recorded its highest-ever abstention rate in the first round of the legislative elections, surpassing the 2017 record by a full point. Voter turnout will remain a major issue for next Sunday's run-off, as candidates cajole voters head to…

Radio France Internationale

Macron faces uphill battle in second round of legislative elections

Emmanuel Macron and his allies have begun a crucial week of campaigning to save their parliamentary majority, under threat after a first round of voting that galvanised a newly formed left-wing alliance.

France 24

Prizes abound for Le Pen's far right in historic French legislative elections

The duel between Emmanuel Macron's incumbent majority and Jean-Luc Mélenchon's pan-leftist NUPES coalition duly dominated the spotlight on Sunday after the first round of France's legislative elections. But far-right National Rally flagbearer Marine Le Pen had a red-letter night at the ballot box. Even at the low end of seat…

France 24

Majority, hung parliament or ‘cohabitation’: Macron’s prospects uncertain after tight election

French President Emmanuel Macron may find himself without a ruling majority during his second term and deprived of the ability to push through his economic reform agenda after Sunday’s first round of parliamentary elections saw his ruling coalition tied with a new left-wing alliance.

The Conversation

French parliamentary elections continue to redraw the political map, amid record low turnout

The results of the first round of the French parliamentary elections that took place on Sunday are out: according to national daily Le Monde, France’s new left-wing coalition headed by Jean-Luc Melenchon, the Nouvelle union Populaire Ecologique et Sociale (NUPES, New Popular Ecological and Social Union) has clinched most of the…

France 24

Takeaways from the first round of France’s parliamentary elections

French voters went to the polls Sunday in the first round of parliamentary elections, with all 577 National Assembly seats at play. The left-wing NUPES coalition came out neck and neck with Emmanuel Macron’s presidential group, while Marine Le Pen’s National Rally and the right-wing Républicains trail behind. Here are…

France 24

Will ‘drifting’ Macron need conservatives to save his majority?

The French parliamentary elections' first round on Sunday put Emmanuel Macron’s centrist Ensemble group barely ahead of the leftist coalition NUPES under firebrand Jean-Luc Mélenchon – a disappointing result for the freshly re-elected president. But Macron’s centrist alliance is expected to get a second-round boost as swing voters rally to…

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