Macron's "Ensemble" (Together) alliance ran neck-and-neck with the left-wing NUPES grouping in Sunday's first round, with the former netting 25.75 percent of the popular vote compared to the latter's 25.66 percent
France's President Emmanuel Macron and his wife French first lady Brigitte Macron arrive to vote in French parliamentary elections at a polling station in Le Touquet, northern France on June 12, 2022. (Image: Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP)
Paris, France: French President Emmanuel Macron's centrist alliance was in danger of falling short of a majority after the first round of parliamentary elections on Sunday saw a surge in support for a new left-wing coalition.
Extrapolating from these figures, four polling firms projected that Ensemble would win 225-295 seats in the decisive second round of voting next Sunday, possibly short of a majority of 289 but comfortably the biggest group.
"We have a week ahead of us to mobilise," Prime Minister Elizabeth Borne told reporters.