PARIS—Emmanuel Macron’s upstart centrist party won the first round of parliamentary elections Sunday, positioning the new French president to wield a commanding majority at home and push for change on the European stage. Mr. Macron’s La République en Marche won 32.2% of the vote nationwide, according to projections by polling firm Ipsos Sopra-Steria based on a partial count of votes. The center-right Les Républicains and its allies...

Source: Wall Street Journal June 11, 2017 18:00 UTC