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Macron marches on as his party wins large majority in French parliament  

Emmanuel Macron casts his ballot in Le Touquet, northern France. The French president Emmanuel Macron’s new centrist movement has won a large majority in the French parliament, according to the first official results on Sunday night.

Macron’s fledgling “neither right nor left” political movement, La République en Marche (LREM), and its smaller centrist ally Democratic Movement (MoDem) needed 289 seats to have an absolute majority in parliament; according to initial exit polls they were on track to take around 355 seats in the 577-seat national assembly. Read more HERE.

Published on 18/06/2017 @ 20h28   | |