F24 | Leftist alliance is 'ready to govern' after trouncing Macron's ruling party
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These results mean France will have a hung parliament, with three major blocs but no clear majority. That leaves Macron in a position to negotiate with parties that have long been in opposition to him to try to form a coalition government.

"The president has the duty to call on the Nouveau Front Populaire to govern," declared left-wing leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon. The leader of La France Insoumise (LFI, radical left) party spoke from the restaurant La Rotonde Stalingrad [!], in northern Paris, where his party held its election night event, just after 8 pm. Mélenchon praised the electorate's efforts to obtain "a result that was said to be impossible"—a victory for the left.
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"The president must bow" to the results of the left, he said, adding that the NFP alliance "will apply nothing but its program, all of its program." The projected breakdown among the left-wing parties was 73-80 seats for LFI, 60-64 for the Socialists, 33-36 for the Greens, and 11-12 to the Communists.

The New Popular Front (NFP) will fail to secure an absolute majority in the legislature as it is expected to win between 177 and 192 seats in the second round, according to the estimates. It had previously secured 32 mandates in the 577-strong National Assembly in the first round last weekend. The left-wing coalition is closely followed by President Emmanuel Macron's liberal Ensemble coalition, which is expected to land between 152 to 158 seats in the second round.
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Macron will not address the nation on Sunday, following the vote, the Elysee Palace said. The president will analyze the election results before making any further steps, his office said.