Macron Has a Week to Convince Voters With His Agenda at Risk
- French president may fall short of outright majority
- Sunday’s election was the first of two rounds of voting
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French President Emmanuel Macron has a week to convince voters to give him an outright majority in parliament to ease the way for the controversial social and economic reforms he promised. Shares in France fell on the results.
Macron’s party and its allies are likely to remain the largest bloc in the 577-seat National Assembly, according to an average of five pollsters based on Sunday’s first round of votes. But his majority will likely shrink dramatically, just as his margin of victory narrowed sharply in April’s presidential election from his result five years ago, and he could lose it.