French President Emmanuel Macron. Archival photoMOSCOW, 20 Jun. Coalition of French President Emmanuel Macron «Together!» is gaining 38.57 percent of the vote in the second round of the parliamentary elections, the Interior Ministry said after processing one hundred percent of the ballots. The leftist Jean-Luc Mélenchon's New People's Ecological and Social Union (Nupes) receives 31.6 percent, Marine Le Pen's National Rally party — 17.3 percent, «Republicans» — 6.98 percent. Thus, Macron's coalition did not receive an absolute majority of seats in the National Assembly. According to the Interior Ministry, she wins 245 seats in the National Assembly, while Nupes gets 131 seats. The «National Assembly» and «Republicans» will get 89 and 61 seats, respectively. To win in the second round of parliamentary elections, it is enough to get a simple majority of votes. As a result, 577 deputies of the lower house of the French parliament will be elected for a period of five years. The coalition «Together!» (Ensemble!), uniting Macron-founded Renaissance Party (previously called Forward, Republic!), the center party Democratic Movement, and the center-right parties Horizons and Act. Its competitor was the left-wing coalition New People's Ecological and Social Union (Nupes), which includes Mélenchon's Unsubdued France, the Socialist Party, the Communist Party and the Europe-Ecology-Greens party. right-wing parties «National Rally» Le Pen and «Reconquest» Eric Zemmour. The first round of parliamentary elections was held in France on June 12. According to its results, the coalition «Together!» received 25.71 percent, the left-wing «New People's Ecological and Social Union» (Nupes) Mélenchon — 25.61 percent. the situation after the parliamentary elections «a threat to the country»
