It’s official: Macron won the election and lost, lost a key majority in parliament – New Time

The official results of Sunday’s second round of elections confirmed that French President Emmanuel Macron has lost the current majority of seats in parliament. In the 577-member National Assembly, his bloc will have only 245 seats. This follows the final results of the vote published by the French Ministry of the Interior on Monday night. TASR took over the report from AFP. President’s Centrist Alliance Together! (Ensemble!) Ended up with a significant lead in the first place, but won only 245 seats in the lower house of parliament, ie 44 less than it needed to secure an absolute majority, according to AFP calculations. The new left was the left-wing coalition New Ecological and Social People’s Union (NUPES), led by Jean-Luc Mélenchon, whose members of the newly elected National Assembly will have 135 seats. Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Assembly (RN) also made significant gains, winning 89 seats, according to the AFP, making it the strongest right-wing group in parliament. Analysts predict that after the loss of parliamentary majority, Macron, who was re-elected for a second term in April, faces a difficult term of government and difficulties in enforcing the announced reform plans. According to observers, he will probably have to negotiate the approval of individual laws with right-wing parties, or try to get a part of opposition or independent deputies on his side. Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne has announced that she will start looking for allies from Monday in order to create a “functioning parliamentary majority”. However, she acknowledged that the post-election situation, in which none of the blocs had the majority of seats, posed a risk to political developments in the country.