French President Emmanuel Macron's party is on course for an overwhelming parliamentary majority, after first round of voting for the National Assembly yesterday. <br/><br/>Projections showed Macron widening his centrist revolution, with his Republique en Marche (Republic on the Move) party and its ally MoDem tipped to win upto 445 seats in the 577-member National Assembly in next Sunday's second round.<br/><br/>With all the ballots counted, Macron's LREM and MoDem had won over 32 percent of the vote. Analysists say such a share would give Macron one of the biggest parliamentary majorities for 60 years.<br/><br/>The right-wing Republicans, who had hoped to rebound from their humiliation in the presidential vote, were trailing in second with a predicted 70-130 seats while Marine Le Pen's far-right National Front was forecast to garner between one and 10 seats.<br/><br/>Macron's party was established just over a year ago and many candidates have little or no political experience.
News On AIR | June 12, 2017 12:20 PM
French President Emmanuel Macron's party heads for crushing Parliamentary majority