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French elections: Macron's party buoyant but turnout slumps
This report in the Guardian says president Macron's party along with its small ally MoDem could win as many as three fourths of the 577 seats in parliament in the June 2017 election, or about 400-445 seats. The election showed a low turnout of 49%, with abstention highest among supporters of Marie Le Pen of the National Front on the extreme right and Le Melenchon on the extreme left. A big loser is the Socialist Party which this report estimates losing about 200 seats. Les Republicains the other main party on the right is also a loser, as this report estimates it going from 199 seats to 70-130 seats. The National Front of Marie Le Pen could end up with one seat at worst or just below the threshold of 15 seats from 118 constituencies contested. This is because it faces competition from the right and the left parties for votes in every constitutency, and is kept out by the centre right and centre left coming together. Le Melenchon's France Unbowed is expected to win about 11-23 seats. In this election young and working class voters stayed away, voters who supported the more extreme left and right wing parties. Chancellor Merkel called it "a vote for reforms." The big majority makes it possible for Macron to get laws to change the labor market to create more jobs, and to make changes to pension and unemployment benefits, so that France's economy can get moving again.
Elections for the parliament in France, June 2017- Macron's La Republique en Marche emerges a big winner
06/12/2017
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Emmanuel Macron’s Party on Track to Claim Majority in France’s Parliament
The New York Times 06/11/2017
French elections: Macron's party buoyant but turnout slumps
The Guardian 06/12/2017
Emmanuel Macron’s Waning Support Shakes Bid to Overhaul French Economy
WSJ 08/22/2017
Is Macron's En Marche out of step? | DW | 07.11.2018
DW.COM 11/07/2018
France: Emmanuel Macron goes from Europe’s hero to zero
The Times 12/05/2018
Former Economy minister Emmanuel Macron and the 2017 presidential election in France
03/07/2017
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An unprecedented election, with unprecedented risks
The Economist 05/12/2017
The vote that could wreck the European Union
The Economist 05/12/2017
The New York Times 03/16/2017
Marine Le Pen Sharpens Attack on Emmanuel Macron in French Debate
The New York Times 03/21/2017
Emmanuel Macron Interview on French Election Campaign - SPIEGEL ONLINE
SPIEGEL ONLINE 03/17/2017
French presidential debate: Macron accuses Le Pen of lying | News | DW.COM | 20.03.2017
DW.COM 03/20/2017
Emmanuel Macron and the project to revive the French economy, meet the hope of young people for jobs, and reduce the number who turn to extremist parties in France
05/08/2017
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Macron's presidency: It's the economy, stupid! | Business | DW.COM | 08.05.2017
DW.COM 05/08/2017
EU leaders thrilled to welcome Monsieur President Macron | Europe | DW.COM | 08.05.2017
DW.COM 05/08/2017
Macron Quickly Assumes a Presidential Attitude
The New York Times 05/30/2017
Emmanuel Macron’s Party on Track to Claim Majority in France’s Parliament
The New York Times 06/11/2017
French elections: Macron's party buoyant but turnout slumps
The Guardian 06/12/2017
In French Labor Overhaul, Union Leader Offers a Way to a Compromise
The New York Times 06/20/2017
The initiative by Economics ministers Sigmar Gabriel and Emmanuel Macron to seek advice of 2 economists at the Berlin Institute of Governance to restore eurozone growth
10/14/2014
The initiative of the German and French Economics ministers Sigmar Gabriel and Emmanuel Macron to call on lecturers Pisani-Ferry and Henrik Enderlein for advice, comes at a time when Germany's growth has declined to zero or negative in the second half of 2014. Both are critics of Merkel's policies. For the first time Merkel is listening to different opinions and advice even as the government says it is sticking to balanced budgets. Finance minister Schauble continues to say investment should be mostly private. ECB president Draghi has generated the discussion by saying at a Brookings Institution conference in Washington D.C. that governments with fiscal space (referring to Germany) should provide stimulus. He added that eurozone governments that do not listen to new advice about generating growth will be swept away by public opinion. German officials privately say they can understand the Hollande government's situation with favorability ratings of 18% at the lowest level of any postwar French government. The situation is now markedly different from before with Berlusconi's old politics gone in Italy, and Matteo Renzi having obtained the largest mandate of any eurozone leader in the recent EU parliamentary elections, receiving 40% of the vote. Renzi and French premier Manuel Valls are pushing for less austerity reflected in the 2015 French budget now being reviewed in Brussels.
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Germany, France Tap Economists for Advice to Avoid ‘Lost Decade’
Wall Street Journal 10/14/2014
Germany’s flagging economy: Build some bridges and roads, Mrs Merkel
Economist 10/17/2014
Growth Fears Grip a Divided Europe
Wall Street Journal 10/17/2014
Government Holds Firm in Germany in Face of Weakening Economy
New York Times 10/17/2014
EU Won’t Reject French, Italian Budgets
Wall Street Journal 10/28/2014
European Union Blinks in Budget Battle With Italy and France
New York Times 10/28/2014
Edouard Philippe, prime minister of France in 2017, under President Macron
05/15/2017
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Emmanuel Macron Names Édouard Philippe as Prime Minister of France
The New York Times 05/15/2017
Emmanuel Macron’s Party on Track to Claim Majority in France’s Parliament
The New York Times 06/11/2017
French elections: Macron's party buoyant but turnout slumps
The Guardian 06/12/2017
Emmanuel Macron’s Waning Support Shakes Bid to Overhaul French Economy
WSJ 08/22/2017
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