“Earthquake”, “slap”, “dead end”… In the aftermath of the second round of the legislative elections, Monday, June 20, the headlines in the press say the heavy sanction inflicted by the voters on Emmanuel Macron and his outgoing presidential majority. A majority now weakened, in a political landscape turned upside down in particular by the push of the National Rally in the Assembly.
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Releaseleftist daily, headline on “the slap” given by voters to the Head of State, who was counting on these elections to establish his new majority and thus have free rein to carry out the reforms he wishes to undertake. opinion, economic newspaper with liberal leanings, chooses the same qualifier, also evoking a “political slap” and describing a majority “sounded” by the loss of its hegemony.
RN shock, nupes breakthrough, fall of macronie: the slap
First edition of the cover of Libé: https://t.co/Y5ifiZpo8H#legislative2022 #legislative pic.twitter.com/mxVKpKZo5R
— Liberation (@libe) June 19, 2022
The newspaper The Marseillaise made its front page on an Emmanuel Macron “disavowed”. Ffacing a Head of State who has lost his absolute majority, The Telegram chooses to title on “the dead end” politics in which he finds himself.
The front page of La Marseillaise on newsstands this Monday, June 20, 2022 with 16 pages of results #legislative
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➡️ https://t.co/0E3LOtkXZO pic.twitter.com/gQoMBsVeR1— La Marseillaise (@lamarsweb) June 19, 2022
This result, which shakes the presidential majority, is described as “earthquake” by The echoes like Var-Morning.
On the front page of your newspaper this Monday, June 20. pic.twitter.com/dX2G4BuShy
– Var-morning (@Var_Matin) June 19, 2022
There are many daily newspapers, such as The Parisian and The mountain, who wonder about the way the President of the Republic will be able to govern during thenext five years with a Hemicycle also divided. The observation is necessary : “Immanuel Macron will need to find allies to govern France.”
The front page of the Monday June 20 newspaper https://t.co/0b7FCe2C1c pic.twitter.com/t7OZSB5HAD
— The Parisian | the one (@leparisien_une) June 20, 2022
Hello, on the front page of this Monday, Vincent Descoeur (69.02%) for Aurillac and Jean-Yves Bony (70.65%) for Saint-Flour-Mauriac, were elected hands down in the second round of the Legislative. Emmanuel Macron will have to compose to avoid the paralysis of the quinquennium. #cantal #aurillac pic.twitter.com/0XQCjEdcqY
— The Aurillac Mountain (@lamontagne_15) June 20, 2022
While the Republican deputies find themselves in the position of majority makers for the presidential camp, The Republican East also chooses to headline on the main issue of the next legislature : “Macron must find a majority”.
The Head of State finds himself put “at the ordeal of an ungovernable France”even advances the right-wing daily Le Figaro.
“To the test of an ungovernable France”, the front page of Figaro this Monday, June 20, 2022.
“Leap into the unknown”, find the editorial of@abrezet
⤵https://t.co/a0PoFsr6cg pic.twitter.com/sUPTw4HuG4– Le Figaro (@Le_Figaro) June 19, 2022
This national election was closely followed by the international press. Immanuel “Macron loses the absolute majority”soberly writes the German daily Süddeutsche Zeitung (article in German). “Macron loses seats on the left and on the far right”, confirm it Guardian. The British daily, however, devotes a good part of its front page to the biggest strike by railway workers that the United Kingdom has been going through for more than thirty years.
Guardian front page, Monday 20 June 2022: Anger as ministers refuse to join last-ditch effort to halt rail strikes pic.twitter.com/v5TV1LIuFP
— The Guardian (@guardian) June 19, 2022
Immanuel “Macron is about to lose his grip on power”announces the British daily The Independent. In Spain, the press is very busy covering the national legislative election. A footer is still devoted to France with this finding ofEl Mundo (article in Spanish) : “Macron loses the absolute majority and Le Pen becomes the third force”.
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The Portada of El Mundo pic.twitter.com/SgfRk6DmAp— EL MUNDO (@elmundoes) June 20, 2022