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President Macron needs to overhaul electoral strategy
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LONDON - 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 (June 12) ballot, marginally ahead of Mr Macron’s Ensemble (Together) ruling coalition, which attracted 25.8 per cent of the votes.
