a few seconds agoMacroni party loses majority in parliament
Periskopi(6 years ago)
(6 years ago)Several members of the ruling French president's party, Emmanuel Macron, have announced the formation of the new party Tuesday, which has affected the loss of most of the Macroni party in parliament and increased pressure for more left-wing policies. Seven lawmakers have left the Macroni Party for [...]
Seven lawmakers have left the Macroni Party to form the group “Ecology, Democracy, solidarity”, which will have 17 deputies in parliament.
This means that Macroni's party has only 288 deputies, one less than the absolute majority, until this figure is much lower compared to 314 seats before the French president rewrites his political path in 2017.
The pressure from the executive, party and group has been the same as we had to make public announcement”, one of the missing members has said.
The Macroni Party has only faced criticism in the past, as lawmakers of his party have disagreed with its decision-making and pro-business policies.
