French election results poured in on Sunday, showing leftists had won more seats up for grabs than any party and leading to Prime Minister Gabriel Attal announcing his resignation.
A far-left political coalition that unexpectedly assembled ahead of France’s snap elections is projected to win the plurality of parliamentary seats up for grabs and the country's prime minister has announced his intention to resign – leading the country into unforeseen territory and possible turmoil. As the election results came in, French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal announced he will be turning in his resignation on Monday.
The final results of the election are not expected until late Sunday or early Monday. Macron made a huge gamble when he called for the snap election, and the projections show the gamble may not have paid off for the unpopular president and his alliance, which lost control of parliament. While the far-right RN greatly increased the number of seats it now holds in parliament, the results fell short of the party’s expectations.
Far-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon urged Macron to invite the leftist New Popular Front coalition to form a government, given projections that put it in the lead. Macron’s office said the president would 'wait for the new National Assembly to organize itself' before making any decisions. hung parliament with no single bloc coming close to getting the 289 seats needed for an absolute majority in the National Assembly, the more powerful of France’s two legislative chambers, would be unknown territory for modern France. France doesn’t have a tradition of lawmakers from rival political camps coming together to form a working majority.
The projections, if confirmed by official counts, will spell intense uncertainty for a pillar of the European Union and its second-largest economy, with no clarity about who might partner with Macron as prime minister in governing France. Fox News Digital's Peter Aitken and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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