The incumbent President has traditionally received the support of an absolute majority in the lower house of parliament. Now the situation can get tough: the alliance between the left and the Greens was almost equal in the first round of last week.
Voting places opened this morning in France, where voting will take place today in the second round of parliamentary elections.
The elections to the French National Assembly, the lower house, determine Emmanuel Macronin as president of the margin. If the majority of the National Assembly does not support the incumbent President, there may be a prestige struggle between the President and the Prime Minister.
Macron himself secured his continuation in the presidential election just two months ago.
Last week, the electoral alliances leveled off
In the first round a week ago, the Together Electoral Alliance, which supports Macron, received almost as much votes as the Alliance of the Left and Greens in Nupes.
Both collected about 26 percent of the votes in the first round.
Turnout in the first round remained at a record low of just under 48 per cent.
Where to vote in the second round?
In a two-stage election, 577 members are elected to the lower house of parliament, the National Assembly.
Due to the French majority election method, only five candidates were elected in the first round and the remaining 572 seats remained to be decided in the second round.
In the second round of elections today, the majority of seats will be dueled between two candidates – and almost half of them between the two largest alliances, writes BBC (switch to another service).
The line of fire also has numerous Macron government ministers.
The incumbent president needs an absolute majority behind him, 289 representatives, to get through major reforms.
Predictions: Going far
According to opinion polls, Macron supporters would lose their current position of about 350 seats in parliament, but could still gain just over half of the seats. According to the latest polls, the Co-Electoral Alliance is projected to get 265-300 seats.
For Macron, the result of the worst vote would be a majority in the Nupes consortium in parliament, which would mean a prime minister’s seat on the far left. To Jean-Luc Mélenchon. This seems unlikely, as 180-210 seats will be reserved for the Greens and the Left.
Marine Le Penin the far-right National Alliance is also expected to increase its seats, but its seats are projected to remain at a few dozen.
Hot voting day
In much of France, daytime temperatures are forecast to rise above 30 degrees today. French weather service Meteo France predicts the temperature in the city of Strasbourg in eastern France will rise to as high as 37 degrees in the afternoon.
Polling stations close at 9 pm Finnish time.