With parliament roughly split into three blocs, it could take weeks for MPs in a typically conflictual system to build coalitions
France election – live updates
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.
Continue reading…With parliament roughly split into three blocs, it could take weeks for MPs in a typically conflictual system to build coalitionsFrance election – live updatesFor 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. Continue reading…