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Macron's Party Presents Candidates for Battle for Parliament

  • En Marche! party presents mix of sexes, ages and backgrounds
  • June’s elections will determine if Macron can actually govern
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French President-elect Emmanuel Macron’s political party presented its candidates for June’s parliamentary elections, a first step towards turning Sunday’s victory into an actual governing executive.

“We have the objective of building a majority for change, and to do that we must give En Marche! an absolute majority in parliament,” campaign manager Richard Ferrand said in Paris.