PARIS: Voting was under way in France on Sunday in a parliamentary election that could deprive centrist President Emmanuel Macron of the absolute majority he needs to govern with a free hand.
Opinion polls also see the far right likely to score its biggest parliamentary success in decades, while a broad left-green alliance could become the largest opposition group and the conservatives find themselves as kingmakers.hit France on Saturday, some voters said environmental concerns had motivated them to cast a ballot for the Nupes left-wing alliance.
"Melenchon is a hypocrite. He makes promises that don't hold up. Retirement at age 60, that's impossible," Brigitte Desrez, 83, a retired dance teacher, who voted for Macron's party. If Macron's camp does fall short of an outright majority, that would open a period of uncertainty that could be solved by a degree of power-sharing among parties unheard of in France over the past decades - or result in protracted paralysis and repeat parliamentary elections down the line.Macron, who wants to push up the retirement age, pursue his pro-business agenda and further European Union integration, won a second term in April.
If they miss it by a wider margin, they could either seek an alliance with the conservatives or run a minority government that will have to negotiate laws on a case-by-case basis with other parties.
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