None of that undercuts Mr. Macron’s formidable political skills or that of his party, La République en Marche (The Republic on the Move). Le Pen’s party got about 13.5 percent of the vote nationwide in the weekend elections, a precipitous drop, and France Unbowed did not quite reach 11 percent. The Socialist Party of Mr. Macron’s predecessor, François Hollande, fared badly in the legislative elections. “There’s a spectacular underrepresentation of the National Front and of the France Unbowed party,” Mr. Garrigues said. “It is the case that this National Assembly is going to represent the France that is favored to the detriment of the France that is suffering,” he said.

Source: New York Times June 13, 2017 01:49 UTC