Macron said it was “in light of these principles” that he will decide on the appointment of France’s next prime minister.
The NFP won 182 seats in the National Assembly, making it the largest group in the 577-seat parliament.
In a victory speech Sunday evening near Stalingrad Square in Paris, he said Macron “has the duty” to ask the NFP to form a government.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon (right), leader of the far-left France Unbowed party, celebrates the second-round results at a rally in Paris, July 7, 2024.
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal’s offer to resign was on Monday rejected by Macron, leaving him in place in a caretaker role until the new government is formed.
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