France Takes Uncharted Path as Snap Vote Delivers Deadlock
- Split parliament results set stage for unprecedented gridlock
- Lawmakers jockey for position in new era for French politics
A voter drops their ballot into a ballot box at a polling station in Mont-Dore, New Caledonia on July 7.
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France’s political class is drawing breath after a turbulent parliamentary election as officials prepare to begin in earnest negotiations over the next government.
Many new lawmakers from the left-wing alliance that came first in Sunday’s vote were focused on hiring advisers and moving into their offices in the National Assembly on Monday. President Emmanuel Macron met with lawmakers from his party as representatives from across the political spectrum take stock of the situation.