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Allies of French President Emmanuel Macron yesterday started working to cobble together a working parliamentary majority to salvage his second term, after his alliance crumbled in an election against surges from the left and far-right.
Macron’s Ensemble (Together) coalition emerged as the largest party in parliamentary elections, but was dozens of seats short of keeping the parliamentary majority it had enjoyed for the past five years.
It was to begin work to try and find a majority by forming deals with other parties on the right, stirring up turmoil unprecedented in French politics in recent years.
Macron, 44, now also risks being distracted