Macron Seeks Broad Majority to Shut Out Far Left, Far Right
- President makes first public comments on elections in letter
- Present government to continue in the interim, Macron writes
Emmanuel Macron said he would wait for some time to give those discussions a chance to bear fruit before naming a prime minister.
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President Emmanuel Macron called on parties that represent “republican forces” to build a broad majority from the political center after snap elections left France with a divided parliament and no obvious path toward a stable government.
In his first substantive statement on the deadlock caused by his surprise decision to call the ballot, Macron said that although the far right won the first round with almost 11 million votes, “you clearly refused to let them enter government.” His definition of appropriate parties also de facto excluded the far-left France Unbowed.