France's parliamentary elections are only halfway through, but the seemingly inevitable result is a muddle that will leave France unable to react rapidly to the growing international and economic crisis, writes John Lichfield.
French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday appealed to voters to give him a "solid majority" in Sunday's parliamentary polls, warning against adding "French disorder to global disorder".
French President Emmanuel Macron's centrist alliance was on track to win the largest number of seats in parliament after the first round of voting on Sunday, projections from polling firms showed, though it remains unclear if it will obtain a majority.
France goes to the polls again on Sunday to vote in parliamentary elections, so here's a guide to the big names - and the surprise entries - in the race.
France heads to the polls for the first round of regional elections on Sunday that could see Marine Le Pen's far-right party make gains and step further into the political mainstream.
French voters abstained in their millions Sunday from a final round of municipal elections predicted to deal a blow to the party of President Emmanuel Macron.
France will be called on to vote on June 28 in a postponed second round of local elections, unless a new coronavirus flare-up makes it too risky, the government said Friday.
France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen won a
seat in parliament for the first time on Sunday, but it was a bittersweet
victory that masked an electoral debacle for her National Front (FN) party.
French President Emmanuel Macron's centrist party swept to a large majority in parliamentary elections on Sunday, although it fell short of a predicted landslide.
Armed with an overwhelming majority, French President Emmanuel Macron will want to move fast to implement his pledges on cleaning up politics, making the labour market more flexible and beefing up national security.
President Emmanuel Macron's party was expected to win a huge majority in France's parliamentary elections, but a record abstention rate which could reach 58 percent means many will question the legitimacy of his victory.
French President Emmanuel Macron is on course for a landslide victory in parliamentary elections that will complete his overhaul of national politics as the first voters cast their ballots overseas
on Saturday.
French President Emmanuel Macron's Republic on the Move (REM) party is heading for a large majority in Sunday's legislative elections, a new poll shows.
Marine Le Pen's far-right National Front suffered a severe setback on Sunday, as her success in reaching the French presidential runoff failed to translate into support in parliamentary polls.
For France's Socialists, the pain keeps getting worse. After five years in power under ex-president Francois Hollande, the party now faces a battle to survive after a historic drubbing in parliamentary elections, which saw several heavyweights including Benoit Hamon eliminated.
While winning the presidential elections was considered the easier part for Emmanuel Macron, his pop-up party was meant to flounder in the legislative elections when order was to be restored, experts said. Then why is the 39-year-old heading for a record parliamentary majority.
Turnout after nine hours of voting in France's parliamentary elections on Sunday was 40.75 percent, down around eight points from the same stage in the 2012 vote, the interior ministry said.
The overwhelming enthusiasm for Emmanuel Macron's new party isn't only down to the new president. The candidates representing his Republique en Marche party are also doing their fair share to galvanize the French public.
If the votes of hundreds of thousands of French expats are anything to go by then Emmanuel Macron's Republique en Marche party is set for a big win in this month's parliamentary elections.
One wants to ban Pokeman Go, another lays claim to knowing France the best of all 11 candidates for president after crisscrossing the country on foot for nine months.
President Francois Hollande warned would-be successors they should cleave closely to Europe as it was "impossible" that France could contemplate going its own way.
Conservative French presidential hopeful
Francois Fillon, already dogged by a fake jobs scandal, faced new scrutiny on
Sunday over a mystery benefactor reportedly paying for his bespoke suits.
With France's left in suspended animation as embattled Socialist President Francois Hollande decides whether to run for re-election, the right has the upper hand with the vote six months away.
