French voters seem set on constraining the president’s ability to do what he wants, and to force him to govern differently
. Early projections in the run-off legislative elections on June 19th by Ipsos, a polling group, suggested that his centrist alliance, Ensemble, had won a mere 230 seats, well short of the 289 it needed. This tally represents a collapse in support from the 350 seats Mr Macron and his allies won in 2017. The president now faces an extremelyElisabeth Borne, the prime minister, looked well placed to win a seat in Normandy.
, the New Popular Ecological and Social Union . The 70-year-old former Trotskyist stitched the grouping together for these elections, absorbing the Socialists, Communists and Greens. Securing backing from voters who sought both to punish Mr Macron and to curb his powers,Mr Mélenchon had campaigned with the slogan: “Mélenchon, prime minister”. Even before the vote, Mr Macron had ruled this out.
The result is a serious and astonishing blow for the French president. Before heading off last week on a tour of eastern Europe, including Ukraine, Mr Macron had called on voters to give him a “solid majority” in order to bring stability at an uncertain time. It was not to be. Voters seemed set on constraining the president’s ability to do what he wants, and on forcing him to govern differently and take into account other political views.
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