After the second round of voting on Sunday the 18^th of June the party of French president Emmanuel Macron obtained a majority in the parliamentary elections. La République En Marche! (LREM) carried 308 seats out of 577 in the Assemblé National, France’s lower chamber. The win gives the recently elected Macron the parliamentary majority and democratic mandate to carry out his liberal reforms in traditionally socialist France.

As of yet though, Macron is to tread carefully in carrying out his domestic reforms as announced strikes, social unrest and the low turnout of 42% indicate resistance from parts of the French society. The majority win also gives Macron a strong mandate to continue his course in pursuing a high profile on the international and European stage, where he plans among other things to reform the European Union around the Eurozone and where he puts France as a leading Western nation after Trump’s ‘America First’ win in November 2016.

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