On Sunday (18 June), French president Emmanuel Macron will have achieved the most spectacular takeover in French modern history.
But he will face risky challenges: managing a massive but heterogeneous and inexperienced majority in parliament in a country that is socially unstable.
According to the latest opinion polls, Macron's party, La Republique en Marche (LRM, The Republic on the Move), could capture up to 470 seats in the second round of the legislative elections.
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