France’s legislative election puts Emmanuel Macron’s majority in doubt
The president has a fight on his hands in the second round of voting
Emmanuel macron, France’s president, is fighting to hold on to his parliamentary majority after the first round of legislative elections on June 12th. His centrist alliance, Ensemble, suffered at the hands of Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s radical-left grouping, the New Popular Ecological and Social Union (nupes). Each won a quarter of the vote.
This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “Losing his grip”
Europe June 18th 2022
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- Germany is recalibrating its close economic ties with China
- France’s legislative election puts Emmanuel Macron’s majority in doubt
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