According to the latest polls, Macron cannot be sure that his camp will have the 289 seats needed for an absolute majority. Image: EPA
The empowered left worries the president – also because it advocates a different course in Russian politics. However, Emmanuel Macron hopes that in the end the need for stability will prevail.
In view of the war in Ukraine, the French president declared the second round of parliamentary elections this Sunday as a fateful choice. The war lasted two and a half hours by air from France. Emmanuel Macron said on the trip back from Kyiv that he would like everyone to appreciate what that means. “Fuel prices are rising, as are natural gas prices. All this is related to the conflict,” Macron said. Russia has completely stopped supplying gas to France via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline since June 15, French utility GRT-Gaz announced on Friday.
Concerns about purchasing power and energy supply are important issues of the campaign. “We have to be strong to have credibility abroad and to be able to make extraordinary decisions with extraordinary speed,” he campaigned for a clear majority in the National Assembly. According to the latest polls, the president cannot be sure that his camp will have the 289 seats needed for an absolute majority. In 2017, 350 deputies were moved to the National Assembly by Macron. The left-wing alliance NUPES stands for “disorder” and “chaos”, warned Finance and Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire. He dubbed left-wing spokesman Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who wants to become prime minister, “a Gaulish Hugo Chávez”.