The presidential coalition is far from the absolute majority, the nightmare scenario for Emmanuel Macron who finds himself in the incapacity to implement his policy, for lack of sufficient troops in Parliament.
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“It’s hell”, “hyperviolet”, “dantesque” … they took a real slap. The faithful of Emmanuel Macron were struck at the announcement of the results of the second round of the legislative elections, Sunday June 19. While the Head of State had called on the French to give him a “clear and solid” majority, together! – La République en Marche (LRM), the Modem and Horizons – collects 224 seats, according to estimates from the Ipsos -Sopra Steria surveys. Very far from the absolute majority, fixed at 289 seats, which he had held for five years. A score much lower than the projections, at the end of the first round, which credited the Macron camp from 255 to 295 seats and made it hope to conquer an absolute majority, as in 2017. Finally, it will be a small relative majority.
A huge disavowal for Emmanuel Macron, who suffered from a sanction vote, after his re -election at the Elysée, almost two months ago. And a nightmare scenario for the President of the Republic, who finds himself unable to implement his policy. In the absence of sufficient troops in the National Assembly to vote its bills. The failure of his camp contrasts with the breakthrough of the new popular, ecological and social union (Nuts), carried by Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who would obtain 149 seats, and an unprecedented performance of the National Rally (RN) of Marine Le Pen , which would count 89, still according to Ipsos.
“No one wins. But we lose”, lamented a majority manager at the announcement of the results. “If these results are confirmed, it is far from what we hoped,” said the Minister of Public Accounts on Sunday, Gabriel Attal, on TF1. “Obviously, we have known better evenings. (…) We disappointed a certain number of French people, the message is clear,” abounded the government spokesperson, Olivia Grégoire, on France 2. With heavy losses of symbols For a majority, who finds himself decimated: the president of the National Assembly, Richard Ferrand, was beaten in his fief of Finistère, just like the boss of LRM deputies, Christophe Castaner, in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. Not to mention the defeats of several ministers, who will therefore have to leave the government, like the Minister of Health, Brigitte Bourguignon, who lost in Pas-de-Calais, as well as the Secretary of State for the Sea, Justine Benin, at Guadeloupe.
“An unnecessary and ingoverable parliament”
Taken in vice between the Nuts and the RN, the majority immediately observed the results of the Les Républicains (LR) party, which obtained 78 seats, according to the Ipsos. Deputies on the right appearing of only potential allies, in order to reach an absolute majority. Without appointing them directly, the executive made a footing on them on Sunday evening, as well as the left -wing deputies, opposed to the cloud. “We will compose with all those who want to advance the country. The hand is tense” towards “moderate left or right,” said Olivia Grégoire. “What is emerging is an unprecedented situation in political and parliamentary life, which will impose us to go beyond our certainties, our cleavages”, judged, for his part, Mr. Attal.
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