France's political game

Diplomacy

Macron – The Ambivalent Kingmaker in High Stakes French Political Game!

The National Rally (RN) was on the brink of power, but the second round of parliamentary elections shifted the balance. If the RN had won a majority in the second round of the National Assembly election, Macron might have had to share power with the first far-right government since the Vichy France regime of World War II. The decisions in the French general election determine the direction of France's governance and resonate deeply within the broader European and global contexts. However, the results in the second round left France facing the stunning prospect of a hung parliament, which threatened political paralysis in a pillar of the European Union and Olympic host country.