These results expose the fragile security of Emmanuel Macron, who certainly won the presidential election with a majority of 58% but remains highly contested in the country, with a double opposition, on his left and on his right.
If Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s dream of being “elected Prime Minister” remains unrealized, he nevertheless seems to have won his bet: that of appearing as the main oppositional force to Emmanuel Macron.
French paradox: no one wants to give Emmanuel Macron a majority, but all the projections in seats suggest that he will have a comfortable majority. It has been a long time since France has not been in such an absurd, not to say grotesque, political situation.
The convinced of Macronism have already shown themselves in the first round. Those who will vote for him out of duty have shrunk to a trickle. Anti-Macronism is on its way to being more powerful than a vote for Le Pen.
Repositioning French political forces began as soon as the results were announced. Even if the headliner is the same as in 2017, the balance of power and the political situation have radically changed.