With parliament roughly split into three blocs, it could take weeks for MPs in a typically conflictual system to build coalitions
For more than 50 years, whenever France held a parliamentary election, voters would know the next morning which party would be in government and with what political agenda.
This time it is different. After Emmanuel Macron called a surprise snap election, and after the shortest campaign in modern history, French people delivered a spectacular rush of tactical voting to hold back a surge of far-right support. The resulting political landscape is divided and the outcome is complicated. Macron will take time to let the dust settle, his entourage has said.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/08/political-paralysis-looms-in-france-after-second-shock-election-result
Author : Angelique Chrisafis in Paris
Publish date : 2024-07-08 12:34:27
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