Happy Fathers Day: Macron Loses Absolute Majority

While Macron’s coalition (Ensemble) is still by far the largest single bloc in the French National Assembly, it has lost its absolute majority (289 needed). My understanding, subject to correction, is that the results (below) are a disappointment for Macron—not simply for having lost an absolute majority but for having lost the majority pretty convincingly. On the other hand, the Left (Nupes) is probably equally disappointed, appearing to have underperformed their hopes after the first round. The Right (RN), while still a distant third, appears to have overperformed, reaching the top range of predictions and establishing a new historic level of representation:

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🔴𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 #Législatives2022 | Selon les premières estimations : ▪Macron perd la majorité absolue avec 𝟮𝟮𝟰 sièges ▪La Nupes obtient 𝟭𝟰𝟵 sièges, et devient la deuxième force à l'Assemblée ▪ Le RN à un niveau historique avec 𝟴𝟵 sièges ▶lemonde.fr/politique/live…

lemonde.frRésultats des législatives 2022, en direct : les ministres Damien Abad et Olivier Véran réélus, Brigitte Bourguignon battueEmmanuel Macron perd la majorité absolue avec 224 sièges, la Nupes obtient 149 sièges, le RN à un niveau historique au second tour des élections législatives.

No doubt we’ll be hearing more in a few days. The overall result, one way or another, is likely to be that Macron will face increased difficulties in pursuing a globalist agenda. This at a time when the Atlanticist bloc of nations is clearly fracturing, with the major Western European nations looking for some sort of exit from the war with Russian that the Anglosphere has pushed. For an overall rundown of French political parties: List of political parties in France.