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Macron needs to overhaul electoral strategy
French President has to fight to save his parliamentary majority and reform agenda
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President Emmanuel Macron is rushing to adjust his electoral strategy after his party performed poorly in the first round of France's parliamentary elections.
The New Popular Ecological and Social Union, a coalition of left-wing parties that campaigned under the French acronym of Nupes, secured 26.1 per cent of the votes in Sunday's ballot, marginally ahead of Mr Macron's Ensemble - or Together - ruling coalition, which attracted 25.8 per cent of the votes.
