Despite its defeat in the legislative elections, French President Emmanuel Macron’s bloc retained control of six of the eight committees of the National Assembly on Saturday.
The two-round elections on June 30 and July 7 left a fragmented legislature in which the left-wing alliance New Popular Front (NFP) came out on top with 193 deputies, but far from the absolute majority of 289 seats.
Macron’s centre-right alliance, which lost its relative majority in the lower house of parliament, has 164 seats. The far-right National Rally (RN) has 143.
France in political limbo, left and centrist right seek to propose government
Almost two weeks after the legislative elections, the political landscape in France remains unclear. France is led by a caretaker government.
The National Assembly’s Finance Committee will remain in the hands of Eric Coquerel, a deputy from the La France Insoumise (LFI) party, which is part of the NFP coalition with the Socialists, Communists and Greens.
The left-wing coalition is seeking the post of prime minister, but has yet to agree on a possible candidate.
The RN, which was hoping to win the legislative elections, did not win the presidency of any committee in the National Assembly, where alliances are the order of the day, but no one wanted to establish any with the far right.
