French President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist party won a massive majority in parliamentary elections on Sunday, June, 18, early projections showed, dominating the country’s traditional forces in a dramatic re-drawing of the political map. Macron’s year-old Republic on the Move (REM) and their allies were set to win between 355 and 425 seats in the 577-seat…
Tag: legislative elections 2017
France elects National Assembly
Turnout could touch record lows in the second round of the legislative elections in France in a sign of voter fatigue after seven months of campaigning and voting, but also of disillusionment and dismay with traditional political parties, marginalised within months of Emmanuel Macron’s ascendance to presidency. The start-up En Marche! LREM is barely more…
Paris restaurant set ablaze with Molotov
The French police have not stepped forward with a statement so far to clarigy the incident with Molotov cocktail, leaving 12 injured. Three restaruant visitors suffered severe burns and had to be airlifted to hospital after the fire broke out in a restaurant in Paris, the northern suburb of Aubervilliers at 8.30pm on Sunday night,…
Lowest turn out among French voters
The French President Emmanuel Macron brand new centrist party is close to an overwhelming majority in National Assembly after exit polls showed it topping the poll with 32% in the first round but with a low voter turnout. Less than half of electorate came to cast a ballot. https://twitter.com/PMPBreakingNews/status/873982769155756034 Macron’s centrist movement En Marche! …
Macron’s reforms depend on #legislatives2017
Today French voters cast their ballots in the first round of a parliamentary election, while pundits expect the centrist President Emmanuel Macron to receive strong majority needed to carry out his ambitious economic and social reforms he proposed. A voté. pic.twitter.com/sSbACiV7Nm — Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) June 11, 2017 The vote to elect the lower…
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