"His international stature is seen by the French as something that serves the country," said Kouchner, although he says the French electorate's attitude to the conflict is complicated. Macron, by contrast, was helped by global events in Ukraine – to an extent. And this is also why Le Pen was rather successful – she turned from race and immigration to bread-and-butter issues, and that served her very well."
"What was really on the French electorate's mind was purchasing power. And she was helped by Eric Zemmour, a radical extreme right-wing movement, whose rants about immigration made her seem more poised. "The turning point was for Marine Le Pen to not mention race and immigration. Kouchner notes that Le Pen had success by softening her previous right-wing rhetoric – and that a new, harder-line polemicist helped to confirm her less extreme views. "This could either be Jean-Luc Melenchon, a radical leftist who has done very well in the last election, or Marine Le Pen – in which case this would end up in a political gridlock." "Should Macron not be able to have a clear majority in parliament, he could have to deal with a government he does not control," explained Kouchner. During a cohabitation, the president remains the head of the armed forces and retains some foreign policy influence but the government has responsibility for most other day-to-day matters of state and policy. While historically the president's party has usually won a parliamentary majority, France's system allows for the so-called 'cohabitation' in which the president and the assembly-leading prime minister are from different parties. "With a coalition, we can turn the national camp into the biggest force in the Assembly!" "Without a coalition, Macron will have all the powers and Melenchon will be the first opposition group," Marechal wrote on Twitter. Meanwhile, Le Pen's niece Marion Marechal – who defected to support hard-right challenger Eric Zemmour – urged right-wing party leaders to discuss a parliamentary pact. Hard-left presidential candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon, who came third – just behind Le Pen – in the April 10 first round of the election, told supporters "Don't give up – you can beat Macron and choose a different path." However, Macron's political enemies are gearing up to reduce his power by electing a hostile assembly. He currently enjoys a majority in the 577-seat assembly, with En Marche's 267 seats bolstered to 346 by partners Democratic Movement and Agir Ensemble. Macron could also face further problems in the elections for France's National Assembly, on June 22.
The French voted for Macron because they hated Marine Le Pen just slightly more." While Macron's first election heralded a new force in French politics – with the former Socialist Party member leading a new centrist and pro-European party En Marche – Kouchner puts this win down to a less positive reason: "This is not a vote of adhesion. "When Emmanuel Macron was first elected five years ago, he vowed to change the system so that no one would want to vote for Marine Le Pen again in the rematch," Kouchner told CGTN – but since then, "he lost two million votes, she gained three." Ukraine crisis threatens global food securityīridge Builders: The Anglo-Chinese Guo family Kouchner says Macron's triumph was a hollow victory, with Le Pen's narrowing of his lead particularly painful given the president's pledge after the 2017 election. That's the warning from political analyst Alexandre Kouchner, who says this election represents a "tipping point in French political history," as the country switches from the old two-party system to a new three-pole landscape with radical politicians chipping away at either side of centrism's support. Emmanuel Macron may have won the French presidential election, but he faces the possibility of "political gridlock" after June's parliamentary election.
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