French President Emmanuel Macron set to lose outright parliamentary majority

Analysts predict that the French leader will have to spend the rest of his term focusing more on his domestic agenda rather than his foreign policy

French President Emmanuel Macron casting his ballot on Sunday. Picture: AP Photo/Michel Spingler, Pool

French President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist alliance was projected to lose its majority despite getting the most seats in the final round of the parliamentary election on Sunday, while the far-right National Rally appeared to have made big gains.

The projections, which are based on partial results, show that Macron’s candidates would win between 200 and 250 seats — much less than the 289 required to have a straight majority at the National Assembly, France’s most powerful house of parliament.