Neoliberal Macron Loses Parliamentary Majority as Mélenchon-Led Left Surges in France
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"The rout of the presidential party is complete and no clear majority is in sight," said Jean-Luc Mélenchon, whose leftist coalition picked up 131 seats in the National Assembly.

NUPES, which brings together Mélenchon’s France Unbowed, the center-left Socialist Party, French Communist Party, and Greens, campaigned on lowering the retirement age from 62 to 60, hiking the minimum wage, and freezing prices on essential products—in sharp contrast to Macron’s alliance, which is trying to raise the retirement age to 65 and has reduced the corporate tax rate, exacerbating economic inequality and insecurity.