France announces winner of first round of parliamentary elections

Macron’s coalition overtook Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Marine Le Pen / Photo: REUTERS / Yves Herman, REUTERS / Pascal Rossignol, REUTERS / Sarah Meyssonnier. Collage: “Today”

Coalition of French President Emmanuel Macron “Together!” wins in the first round of parliamentary elections with a score of 25.71% after processing 100% of the votes. Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s New People’s Ecological and Social Union was 0.1% behind the coalition. Marine Le Pen’s party finished third.

This was reported in the Ministry of the Interior of France.

Details

Voting results:

  • “Together!” — 25.71%;
  • “New People’s Ecological and Social Union” – 25.61%;
  • “National Association” – 18.9%.

According to official data at 17:00 (18:00 Kyiv time), the turnout was 39.4%. According to the Ipsos-Sopra Steria Institute for the Study of Public Opinion, slightly more than half of the voters did not come to the polls – 52.50%. This is an anti-record registered for the first time in the history of France.

New prime minister

France has chosen new prime minister. They became Elizabeth Bourne.

French President Emmanuel Macron appointed Elisabeth Born as prime minister on Monday, May 16. The 61-year-old prime minister previously ran the Paris metro network and was close to the Socialist Party. It is worth noting that Bourne became the second woman to hold the post of Prime Minister of France. 30 years ago, Edith Cresson held this post for 11 months.

Former site “Today” informedthat Macron won the French presidential election. In addition, we wrotethat Marine Le Pen was accused of embezzling EU funds a week before the election

Source: Segodnya

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