Macron loses his absolute majority in Parliament

 It was a stunning defeat for recently re-elected French President Emmanuel Macron and his allies on Sunday when they lost control of the reform programme and their overwhelming majority in the National Assembly. Initial predictions indicated that the left-leaning Nupes coalition led by veteran hard leftist Jean-Luc Melenchon would win the most seats in Sunday's election, followed by Macron's centrist Ensemble! alliance. 

As Macron and Ensemble try to find a way ahead to prevent stagnation, there is no predetermined plan for how events will now play out in France.

Ministers and close advisers realised that Macron and his supporters would fall far short of the absolute majority required to control parliament and that in order to lead the country, they would now need to look beyond their coalition.

Bruno Le Maire, the finance minister, described the result as a "democratic shock" and pledged to reach out to all pro-Europeans for assistance in running the nation. 

Melenchon told his jubilant followers that the presidential party had been completely defeated and that a clear majority was not in sight.

Left-wing parties were united behind him and on track to triple their results from the 2017 parliamentary election, but they were unable to achieve the outright victory that Melenchon had hoped for. 

If confirmed, a hung parliament would usher in a time of political unpredictability that would call for a level of power-sharing between parties that France has not seen recently, or else political gridlock and perhaps even new elections. 

From the conservative Les Republicains, Rachida Dati referred to the outcome as "a sad setback" for Macron and suggested that he choose a new prime minister. 

There is no predetermined plan for how events will play out in France as Macron and Ensemble try to avoid a deadlock. 

"On the benches, to the right and to the left, are moderates. There are moderate Socialists and individuals on the right who may support our position on legislation "Olivia Gregoire, a government spokeswoman, said

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Macron, 44, became the first French president to win a second term in 20 years in April, but he now leads a severely divided and disgruntled nation where support for populist groups on the right and left has risen sharply. 

It would depend on his ability to persuade moderates on the right and left who are not part of his alliance to support his legislative agenda if he wanted to pursue further reform of the second-largest economy in the euro zone. 

Macron's Ensemble alliance was predicted by pollsters Ifop, OpinionWay, Elabe, and Ipsos to win 210–240 seats, while Nupes won 149–188.

Both Brigitte Bourguignon, the minister of health, and Richard Ferrand, the previous speaker of the National Assembly, suffered significant losses of their seats. 

Initial forecasts indicated that Le Pen's party could gain up to 100 seats, which would be its highest number ever, and represent another substantial shift in French politics. Given that their agenda is closer in line with Macron's than any other group's, the Les Republicains party and its supporters might also win up to 100 seats, potentially positioning them to become kingmakers.

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Macron and his allies may seek an alliance with Les Republicains or form a minority administration that will have to negotiate laws with other parties on a case-by-case basis if official results, which have begun to trickle in, show they just missed an absolute majority. 

In a campaign that was held against the backdrop of a conflict on Europe's eastern periphery that has cut off food and energy supplies and caused inflation to spike, eroding household budgets, Macron had pleaded for a strong mandate.

The president had stated prior to the second-round voting that "nothing would be worse than adding French disorder to the world's disorder." 

The Nupes alliance, led by Melenchon, ran on a platform that included freezing the cost of necessities, decreasing the retirement age, capping inheritance, and prohibiting enterprises that pay dividends from firing employees. In addition, Melenchon urges disobedience toward the European Union.