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Macron breaks post-poll silence, urges cross-party coalition

In an open letter published in the French press on Wednesday, Emmanuel Macron urged mainstream parties to bridge political divides and propose a coalition government, infuriating the leftwing alliance that garnered most votes in the parliamentary elections and which is calling on the French president to let it govern. 

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Emmanuel Macron has called on political parties to “rise to the occasion and work together” to build a mainstream coalition with a solid majority after voters in a snap election returned a hung parliament with no obvious route to a government, reports The Guardian.

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