Key Takeaways
- The New Popular Front coalition won the parliamentary elections, receiving 182 seats in the 577-seat National Assembly.
- Some left-wing lawmakers propose splitting from the New Popular Front coalition to compete with other parties in the National Assembly.
- The proposed split aims to create a separate group in the parliament, with lawmakers Clementine Autain, Alexis Corbiere, and Francois Ruffin behind the initiative.
Paris: Some left-wing lawmakers in France have proposed that a separate group be created in the parliament following the victory of the leftist New Popular Front (NFP) coalition in the parliamentary elections, French broadcaster BFMTV has reported.
The New Popular Front coalition won the parliamentary elections, receiving 182 seats in the 577-seat National Assembly. Lawmakers from the NFP have offered the Greens party and the French Communist Party to split from the coalition and create their own group. The initiative was voiced by lawmakers Clementine Autain, Alexis Corbiere and Francois Ruffin, who sent an official letter to the said parties on Tuesday, BFMTV reported.
The purpose of the new group is reportedly to compete with Jean-Luc Melenchon’s France Unbowed party and the Socialist Party, and they reportedly will not participate in meetings in the same group as the France Unbowed party.
The New Popular Front coalition won the parliamentary elections, receiving 182 seats in the 577-seat National Assembly. The France Unbowed party received 75 seats, the Socialist Party received 65 seats, the Greens party received 33 seats, and the French Communist Party received nine seats.
