France’s far right leader Marine Le Pen says the country is “in a quagmire” after chaotic legislative elections produced a fragmented parliament
With nine days to the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, France’s far right leader Marine Le Pen said Wednesday that the deeply divided country is « in a quagmire” after chaotic legislative elections produced a fragmented parliament.
France has been on the brink of government paralysis since elections for the National Assembly earlier this month resulted in a split among three major political groupings: the New Popular Front leftist coalition, President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist allies and Le Pen’s far-right National Rally party.
The New Popular Front won the most seats but fell well short of the majority needed to govern on its own. The leftist coalition’s three main parties, the hard-left France Unbowed, the Socialists and the Greens, have urged the president to turn to them to form the new government.
