Macron’s central bloc, the Ensemble, lost a third of its seats in the final round of parliamentary elections in a scathing reprimand for a president who was re-elected two months ago with 59 percent of the vote. To continue the reforms he promised with only a relative majority of 245 seats, his government is facing exhaustive negotiations with sections of the conservative Republican party, which emerged in fourth place. Facing Macron is a renewed left-wing alliance known as the Noupes, which came to power with 137 seats under the ostentatious leadership of Jean-Luc Melanson.
