Macron Wins Big in the Parliamentary Elections
Early projections suggest the president’s Republic on the Move! party will win 355 seats, giving him an absolute majority.
by J. Weston Phippen
Jun 18, 2017
2 minutes
As predicted, French President Emmanuel Macron’s party dominated the second-round of parliamentary voting on Sunday. Early polls projected that his Republic on the Move! (LREM) party will win more than 355 seats in the country’s 577-seat lower house. The win has pushed aside France’s mainstream political parties, and
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