The very first round of snap parliamentary election were held on Sunday in France. As per the forecast of the opinion pills, chances of winning were in the favor of the far-right National Rally sans an absolute majority.
The second round of elections are to be held on July 7. What's next?
The unpredictability
The answer to what's going to happen next is still unknown. Article 8 of the Constitution of France suggests that it is the President who appoints the Prime Minister. However, the criteria to be used is still unknown.
In this sense, it is President Emanuel Macron who would be expected to provide the role to the leading parliamentary group.
The result
The alliance of the leftist parties has secured the most seats in the French legislative elections post a second round of voting.
In this election, the far-right did not get a chance to gain power, and the coalition managed to keep it away. The results led to a situation where no single political party has won a clear majority.
What exactly does this mean?
Did the left manage to win?
Well, it won't be right to say so. In order to win a majority a coalition or a party requires to secure a minimum of 289 of the 577 seats of the National Assembly.
There were three alliances that managed to appear at the top post the vote count. The names were New Popular Front, Ensemble, and the National Rally.
The New Popular Front is actually a huge alliance of the environmental parties and the leftist. This time, the alliance secured the largest number of seats in the election. The alliance secured a total of 188 seats.
The second name that emerged on top was that of Ensemble. It is a centrist coalition headed by French President Emmanuel Macron. The coalition appeared on the second rank this time with a total of 161 seats.
The third name that appeared on top was that of the National Rally (RN). This is led by Marine Le Pen, the far-right leader. The National Rally managed to secure 142 seats.
It can be clearly interpreted that all of these fell short of a majority.
How will the government of France be formed?
None of these blocs won a majority. Now what? Now, the only solution left is the formation of a coalition government between political parties and alliances.
Experts are of the view that the Ensemble alliance of the centrist parties will aim to create a coalition with the Greens and the Socialists.
Furthermore, the President has expressed that he will not be joining forces with the France Unbowed.
Moreover, the centrists could create a minority government by shaking hands with the moderates from the right and left and work on compromise.
It is also important to note that Gabriel Attal, the Prime Minister from the Macron's Renaissance party had declared that he would step down from the position.
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