First projection of French election has a shock result: Le Pen’s far-right at 80-100 seats, a historical high by far & higher than polls suggested.
First symbols of Macron's terrible night: The head of the outgoing National Assembly (≈the Speaker), a close ally, has been beaten by the Left Coalition in Britanny.
And in the north, Macron's new health minister lost by 0.2% against the far-right, French TV just announced.
— Taniel (@Taniel) June 19, 2022
BREAKING: First projections indicate French President @EmmanuelMacron has failed to achieve an absolute majority in today's parliamentary election.
Big increase in seats for the far right with 89, their previous record was something like 30. pic.twitter.com/xfn1qaOuyv
— Dave Keating (@DaveKeating) June 19, 2022
This is an astonishingly successful result for the French far right.
Polls had predicted that they would perform much worse than this.
— Dave Keating (@DaveKeating) June 19, 2022
4 of Macron’s minions defeated🥳Brigitte Bourguignon: Health Minister – will have to resign
Amélie de Montchalin: minister of environment – will have to resign
Castaner: President of RLEM
Richard Ferrand: Président of the National Assembly #legislatives2022— Nat (@Arwenstar) June 19, 2022
h/t Tess