Macron’s Party and Allies Win Majority in French Parliamentary

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>PARIS — President Emmanuel Macron of France won a crucial stamp of approval on Sunday as voters gave him and his allies a decisive majority in parliamentary elections, but a record-low turnout cast a shadow on his victory, pointing to the hurdles he will face as he seeks to revive the country’s economy and confidence.

>As the polls closed at 8 p.m., pollsters projected that Mr. Macron’s party, La République En Marche (The Republic on the Move) and its allies had won at least 355 seats in the 577-member National Assembly, the lower house of Parliament.

>Mr. Macron, a relative political newcomer who was elected on May 7, had called for a strong mandate to advance his legislative agenda, including plans to loosen France’s restrictive labor laws. Voters swept in many first-time candidates put forward by Mr. Macron’s party, including a record number of women and candidates of Arab or African ancestry.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/18/world/europe/france-parliament-elections-emmanuel-macron.html

Eurosceptics eternally BTFO.