The results of the early parliamentary elections have been summarized in France. In the second round, the left-wing coalition “New Popular Front” (NFP), which includes extreme left-wing, communist, social democratic and green forces, won.
This is reported by Le Monde, Babel informs.
In total, the party won 182 seats in the parliament out of 577. No bloc gained an absolute majority (289 seats) in the parliament.
In second place after the left-wing alliance is the centrist coalition of current French President Emmanuel Macron’s “Together”. It received 168 seats.
Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally party came in third with 143 seats. It opposes aid to Ukraine and promotes pro-Russian narratives.
The far-right won the first round of elections and was expected to form a mono-majority in parliament.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon, one of the leaders of the left-wing New People’s Front, has already rejected the possibility of forming a coalition between left-wing parties and Macron’s center-left bloc. Instead, he called on the French president to instruct the National Front to form a government on its own.
Emmanuel Macron, for his part, is also not ready to form a coalition with the left. He stated this twice during the election campaign: in an interview with Le Parisien and after a meeting of the French Cabinet of Ministers on July 3.
The leaders of the right-wing National Rally, Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella, also do not want to participate in a coalition government.
We cannot accept being part of the government if we do not have the ability to act. If we can’t change the current policy, if we can’t act, it will be the worst betrayal we can commit against our voters, – Le Pen said in an interview with France Inter radio on July 2.
After the announcement of the preliminary results of the parliamentary elections, French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal announced that he wanted to resign, as the center-left camp to which he belongs did not win a majority. Attal added that he would remain in office until a new government is formed.
