the french president, emmanuel macron, has suffered a serious setback after losing his majority in parliament. his party, ensemble, is still the biggest in the national assembly, but it lost around 100 seats in yesterday s elections. there were big gains for marine le pen s far right party, and a new left wing alliance, led by the hard left leader, jean luc melenchon. this means issues such as macron s plans to raise the retirement age and changes to low income support could face more obstacles. joining me now is tomasz michalski, economics professor, at the business school, hec paris. professor, welcome. where does this result leave macron s mandate to govern the world s sixth largest economy? the first thing is the question is whether the party of macron will be able to make a coalition with the right wing party, that support them on the issue you just mentioned, raising the retirement age and various other reforms. if such a coalition cannot be, whether implicit or explici
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African americans . And what impact will donald trump make . Gabriel gatehouse has more. Band plays in the final week of the Obama Presidency, a Louisiana High School Marching Band Rehearses for the big day. We dont see colour, we dont see race, we dont see gender, we dont see ethnicity. We see potential. They are one of ten School Bands Chosen to play at the inauguration. There has been a lot of talk about how we need healing, and sometimes. Healing happens, you know, you just have to quit picking at it. But as it marks the transition from obama to trump, america is having two very different conversations about race. This is the life that black people live, and people of colour, but this is the life we live so it is not necessarily a conversation about race it is just a conversation. Amid tension over the issues of Police Killings, White Supremacists feel emboldened. Hailtrump, hail our people, hail victory and for some, talk of a return to The Good Old Days signifies nothing good at
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