NEW: French #legislatives2022 projections indicate shock result- not that Macron should lose his majority (though this would be a significant margin and remains a blow) but Le Pen’s far right RN should gain so many seats. New left coalition in clear second. 
https://twitter.com/europeelects/status/1538583305255366660
Macron needed 289 to maintain absolute majority in the National Assembly. On the basis of these projections he’ll be nowhere near.
Bear in mind before today the best the Front National (the precursor to Le Pen’s National Rally) had ever done in French legislative election was 35 deputies in 1986. They’re being projected to win 89 tonight.
Best case scenario now for Macron is his Esnemble and Les Républicains reach 289 together. They should do but if either were to underperform further in the actual results it may not be possible.
Being such a relatively large bloc would allow RN to have more influence on parliamentary business, not just votes but things like censure motions.
https://twitter.com/lewis_goodall/status/1538589499470622721
Macron’s Minister of Health, Brigitte Bourguignon, has just lost her seat in Pas-de-Calais, beaten by the RN candidate by only 56 votes.
Another Macronite big beast beaten, this time by the Left.
https://twitter.com/EuropeElects/status/1538590931867377670
Ecology Minister Amélie de Montchalin loses her seat in Essonne to the Left coalition.
On French television, the Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire has spoken of a "democratic shock which shows the deep concerns of French men and women.”
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne says the situation tonight is “unprecedented. We’ve never seen a configuration like this in the history of the Fifth Republic.”
“The Slap”
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