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President Macron loses parliamentary majority

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne delivers a press conference after the second round of the legislatives elections

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne delivers a press conference after the second round of the legislatives elections Source: AAP / Blondet Eliot/ABACA/PA

France's newly elected President Emmanuel Macron has lost control of his reform agenda after he and his allies failed to win a majority in the National Assembly.


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By Essam Al-Ghalib

Source: SBS News


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France's newly elected President Emmanuel Macron has lost control of his reform agenda after he and his allies failed to win a majority in the National Assembly.



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