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There is an increasing bleak future for France’s centrist party after French President Emmanuel Macron’s allies lost their majority in Sunday’s parliamentary elections.
Mr Macron now has two powerful opposition groups to contend with - Jean-Luc Mélenchon's left-green alliance and Marine Le Pen's far right party.
Ministers
who lost the National Assembly elections on Sunday will now have to be replaced
by Mr Macron. Both the left wing and far right party are unlikely to work with
Mr Macron which poses severe risk to his government and could make the country
ungovernable.
Mr Macron
must now work out alliances with some parties or work on a case by case basis to
avoid possible collapse of his government.
"We are
going to form a majority very quickly so it becomes absolute in the National
Assembly," said Olivier Véran, the minister in charge of parliamentary
relations, according to the BBC. Government spokeswoman Olivia Grégoire
extended a hand to "all those who want us to move the country
forward", the BBC said.
Mr Véran is optimistic
that his government could attract support from other political group to get
important reforms passed, and other efforts aimed at dealing with the cost of
living. "I can't for a second
imagine that a majority cannot emerge in the coming weeks on the spending power
law," the BBC quoted him to have said.
Following
his recent election victory, President Macron laid out a series of plans to
tackle the skyrocketing cost of living, including food vouchers and enhanced
benefits as well as raising the retirement age from 62-65. His retirement reforms
face stiff resistance from the electorate.