Shortly after the results of the first round of the parliamentary elections in France became known, Emmanuel Macron He was one of the first to react, calling for the creation of a “republican front” to prevent the far-right from getting into government. Against National Group [partido de Marine Le Pen]”The time has come for a great union, clearly democratic and republican, before the second round,” the head of state said that evening in a brief press release.
The electoral pact between centrist and left-wing candidates – in which the current prime minister’s party, Los Republicanos, did not want to participate – he managed to prevent the majority of far-right MPs that polls had predicted. The Progressive Coalition, the New People’s Front, win more seats (193) than the other blocks. But days later, Macron said “no party won the election” because no political trend had reached an absolute majority and refused to name the candidate agreed by the progressive alliance. Lucy Castesas head of government.
