Macron left to worry about his majority

The French president’s alliance can hope for the most seats in the National Assembly. However, its own majority after the second round of voting is not a safe bet. The left-wing alliance around the anti-capitalist Jean-Luc Mélenchon has made strong gains.

Emmanuel Macron was re-elected in April, but the president still has to fear for his own majority in the National Assembly. In Sunday’s parliamentary elections, the left-wing alliance NUPES led by Jean-Luc Mélenchon achieved more votes than Macron’s camp. According to projections, it came in at more than 25 percent and was just ahead of Macron’s alliance. Marine Le Pen‘s far-right Rassemblement National (RN) party achieved around 19 percent of the vote.

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