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…
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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…
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