Voting in the parliamentary elections in France. Archival photoMOSCOW, June 13 Coalition of French President Emmanuel Macron «Together!» in the first round of parliamentary elections receives 25.40 percent, the leftist «New People's Ecological and Social Union» (Nupes) Jean-Luc Mélenchon — 24.39 percent, according to the data of the French Ministry of Internal Affairs after processing 90 percent of the votes. To enter the second round the union had to win at least 12.5 percent of the votes of registered voters in its constituency. The second round will take place on June 19. A simple majority of votes is enough to win. As a result, 577 deputies of the National Assembly (lower house of parliament) will be elected for a period of five years. The coalition «Together!» will take part in the final confrontation! (Ensemble!), which unites the Renaissance party founded by Macron (formerly called Forward, Republic!), the center party Democratic Movement and the center-right parties Horizons and Act. The left-wing coalition New People's Ecological and social union» (Nupes), which includes Jean-Luc Mélenchon's Unsubdued France, the Socialist Party, the Communist Party and the Europe-Ecology-Greens Party.
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