No single party has managed to gain an absolute majority in the French parliamentary vote, leading to an unprecedented political situation in the country and dealing a severe blow to French President Emmanuel Macron’s ruling centrist alliance. The newly-formed left-wing alliance and far-right recorded considerable gains in Sunday’s election, in a stunning setback to the party that has held a commanding majority for the last five years in the French parliament. Initial projections by pollsters Ifop, OpinionWay, Elabe, and Ipsos showed Macron’s centrist Ensemble (Together) alliance winning 230-250 seats, the left-wing NUPES alliance securing 141-175, and Les Republicains 60-75. However,…
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