Surprise Election Results in France: A Mood Check-In
Surprise Election Results in France:
A Mood Check-In
The left side of the political spectrum won the most seats in the National Assembly, while the far right came in third. Everyone is now trying to figure out what to do next.
The headline on the front page of Le Parisien newspaper screamed, "What now?" as people tried to make sense of the surprising election results.
The day after the election, France woke up to a big surprise. The New Popular Front, a group of left-wing parties, won the most seats in the National Assembly. But they didn't win enough to run the government. President Emmanuel Macron's centrist group lost a lot of seats, and the far-right National Rally party came in third place.
Now, everyone is wondering who will lead France and how they will do it.
In a country where people don't like to work together, it's hard to see how a government will be formed to make important decisions about the budget and new laws.
On Monday morning, something big happened in France. The Prime Minister, Gabriel Attal, who is part of President Macron's party, offered to quit his job. But President Macron said no, he wanted him to stay for now to keep the country stable. This means President Macron has to figure out who he wants to be the new Prime Minister. It's a tough job because he needs to pick someone who can make a government that won't get kicked out by a vote of no confidence from the new lawmakers on the left and right.
President Macron decided to have a quick election a month ago because a far-right party did really well in the European Parliament elections. He wanted to see if people in France were okay with the far-right party having power. Turns out, a lot of people didn't want that to happen. So, left-wing parties and some of President Macron's friends in the middle-joined forces to stop the far-right party from winning. They worked together to make sure the far-right party didn't get too much power.
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