INFOGRAPHICS – The Macron camp (Together!) will have to, among other things, rely on the troops of Édouard Philippe (Horizons) and François Bayrou (MoDem) to push through its reforms.
“The situation is unprecedented. Never The national assembly experienced such a configuration under the Fifth Republic. This situation constitutes a risk for our country.“said Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, narrowly elected in Calvados. “We will work tomorrow to build a majority of action. There is no alternative to this gathering to guarantee our country stability and carry out the necessary reforms.“, she insisted, while the presidential coalition largely fails to secure an absolute majority.
Indeed, Together! (LREM, MoDem, Agir and Horizons) obtains 250 seats, according to the final results of the Ministry of the Interior. Unlike 2017, the Macron camp is far from its goal of reaching an absolute majority of 289 deputies out of 577.
Successful bet for Edouard Philippe
Edouard Philippe has won his bet. After the poor results for Together!, the former Prime Minister intends to extend his influence within the majority. His party, Horizons, achieved a good score by electing 27 deputies out of 55 who presented themselves. Edouard Philippe is almost certain to have a full-fledged group in the Assembly. What allow him to weigh in the debates within the Hemicycle. In an interview given to FigaroEdouard Philippe, true to his mantra – “loyal but free– recalled that his “only objective today is to ensure that the country has a stable, solid majority consistent with the program of the President of the Republic“.
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The centrists, who presented 101 candidates in the first round, saw 48 of them obtain a seat. What also weigh in the national political debate with a consequent parliamentary group.
Edouard Philippe and François Bayrou, the two enemy brothers of the outgoing majority, had met for the first time in the legislative campaign in Yonne. Referring to the former Prime Minister, François Bayrou had admitted: “We are not buddies buddies, but partners“. “The important thing is the gravity of the moment that we are living“, he added. In response, Édouard Philippe explained: “We were not angry: we are determined partners of the parliamentary and presidential majority“.
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Despite the results of Horizons and the MoDem, Emmanuel Macron finds himself forced to conclude an alliance with Les Républicains-UDI-DVD (74 deputies) or agreements on a case-by-case basis with various right or left deputies to pass his reforms. During the in-between rounds, the Head of State discreetly spoke with the President of the Senate, Gérard Larcher. A meeting which immediately fueled rumours, forcing LR to deny any negotiations with the executive.
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