‘No one has won,’ Macron says in letter to the French – Technologist

Three days after the second round of France’s snap parliamentary elections failed to produce an absolute majority, President Emmanuel Macron wrote a “letter to the French” people, to be published in the country’s regional press, on Wednesday, July 10.

Faced with the Nouveau Front Populaire left-wing alliance boasting the largest contingent of MPs in the Assemblée, Macron’s supporters appear to be divided between those in favor of an alliance with the right-wing Les Républicains (LR) party and those in favor of a broad coalition including “the social democrats.”

Macron’s letter was published in daily newspaper Le Parisien. In it, he states that “no one has won.” “No political force has obtained a sufficient majority on its own, and the blocs or coalitions that have emerged from these elections are all in the minority,” he writes.

“I ask all the political forces that recognize [their commitment to] republican institutions, the rule of law, parliamentarianism, a European orientation and the defense of French independence, to engage in a sincere and loyal dialogue to build a solid majority, necessarily plural, for the country,” continues the president, who considers that this project “presupposes giving the political forces a little time to build these compromises” before a new prime minister is appointed.

“In the meantime, the current government will continue to exercise its responsibilities, and will then be in charge of current affairs, as is the republican tradition,” the letter also states – the wording does not make it clear whether Macron actually intends to accept Prime Minister Gabriel Attal’s resignation, so that his government, which currently enjoys its full prerogatives, can become in charge only day-to-day matters.