Macron vows to honor election results as parliament balance shifts
The Élysée Palace stated in a release on Sunday that President Emmanuel Macron, as the guarantor of institutions, will respect the choice of French society in the parliamentary elections. At the same time, he will make decisions once the full picture of the future parliament is known.
According to the release, Macron will wait for the "structuring" of the new parliament to "make necessary decisions." No address from the head of state is scheduled for Sunday evening, the press office informed.
Second round of the elections in France. Exit poll results are in
According to exit polls by Elabe for the station bfm.tv, the left-wing New Popular Union won the election, obtaining between 175 and 205 seats in parliament. Centrist parties gathered around Macron took second place and can expect to obtain 150 to 175 seats.
Similar results are shown by exit polls from other TV stations. According to IFOP estimates for the broadcaster TF1, the New Popular Union could secure 180-215 places in Parliament, while an Ipsos survey for France TV predicts 172-215 seats for the left-wing bloc. An Opinionway survey for C News TV indicated that the New Popular Union would win 180-210 seats.
According to all these surveys, President Emmanuel Macron's centrist bloc slightly outpaced Marine Le Pen's National Rally party in the fight for second place.
None of the parties obtained an absolute majority, which would allow them to form a government independently, that is, 289 seats.
