As expected, new French President Emmanuel Macron won a convincing parliamentary majority for his République en Marche (REM) movement in yesterday’s second round run-off election. Together with his centrist MoDem allies, Macron will command 350 of the 577 National Assembly seats. Importantly REM itself took 308 of these, enough to insure the Presidential majority against […]
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Election Result: French National Assembly 2017 (1st round)
Emmanuel Macron’s extraordinary political journey continued in yesterday’s first round elections for France’s 577-member National Assembly. The new President’s République en Marche (REM) movement strolled to its predicted victory, winning 32 per cent of the votes – very much in line with the final opinion polls of the campaign. In next Sunday’s run-off ballot, REM […]