France’s Macron Loses Majority As Defectors Form New Party
May 19, 2020
4:35 pm
The party of French President Emmanuel Macron has lost its outright majority in parliament, after a group of MPs broke away to form a new party.
Ecology, Democracy, Solidarity will be largely formed of seven MPs from La RΓ©publique en Marche (On the Move) and other ex-supporters of the president.
The defecting MPs want to focus on green issues and social inequality.
But their decision leaves Mr Macron’s party with 288 seats, one short of a majority in the 577-seat lower house.
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French commentators said La RΓ©publique en Marche (LREM) still
