LThe French left staged a major electoral turnaround this Sunday by coming out on top in the legislative elections, ahead of the block macronistawhich relegated the favorite, the extreme right of Marine Le Pento third place.
But the unforeseen political map left by the second round anticipates a National Assembly enormously divided and without clear majorities, so the governability of France It is entering a very uncertain phase, even more so in a country without a tradition of coalitions or alliances.
The New Popular Front, first of all
He New Popular Front (NFP) of socialists, communists, environmentalists and the most radical The Rebellious France (LFI) came in first place, with between 195 and 208 deputies (adding left-wing independents), according to the latest projections.
French citizens celebrate the election results.
The Macronist bloc, made up of three parties, won from 161 to 169 seats, with an appreciable fall compared to the 250 than it had before, but much less pronounced than what the first round predicted.
National Group started as favorite
And third place went to the far-right National Group (RN), who started as a big favorite after his victory in the first round and the poll forecasts published until Friday, but which remained at 135-143.
Despite this strong disappointment, the RN achieves a historic result, far above the 89 deputies in 2022, which already represented an exceptional jump from the 8 they had in 2017.
French citizens celebrate the election results.
The conservative The Republicans (LR) remains despite some defections to the RN and would have 63 deputies.
With a very high participation, around 67 %the largest in several decades, many French people seem to have mobilized to stop the rise to power of the extreme right after their victory in the first round of the June 30th.
Complicated governance
In a Assembly of 577 deputiesthe absolute majority is in 289a figure only achievable with pacts that right now appear unlikely given the veto of the Macronists and conservatives to LFI, which will have more than 80 deputies.
