Macron faces challenge from left

French President Emmanuel Macron’s Ensemble! (Together!) alliance is neck-and-neck in polls with Nupes – a new left-wing coalition – which threatens to deprive him of a working majority in parliament
    

Emmanuel Macron: Just weeks after re-election, Macron’s alliance needs majority in National Assembly to implement his reform agenda

Jean-Luc Mélenchon: Radical Nupes* alliance, led by Mélenchon’s La France Insoumise (France Unbowed) – which includes Socialists, Communists and Greens – has galvanised young leftists
   

Jun 12: First round voting intention 	Jun 19: Second round vote

Ensemble!	26%
Nupes 		26%
National Rally 	20%
Les Républicains 11%

  
Predicted make up of France’s next National Assembly

*Nouvelle union populaire écologique et sociale

Nupes policies: Lower retirement age to 60, raise minimum wage, reintroduce wealth tax

Nupes
Far-left alliance
158-196

Ensemble!
Centrist alliance
275-318

Les Républicains 
Centre right 
42-62

National Rally 
Far right 
25-48
    
577 seats 
289 majority


Sources: AFP, Politico Poll of Polls, Reuters 
Pictures: Getty Images 
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