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After Sunday's first round oflegislative elections, French President Francois Hollande isstrongly tipped to win a majority in the lower house of the Frenchparliament, clearing the way for the Socialist statesman toimplement reforms. Based on a partial vote count, polling institutes showed the leftbloc was on track to win up to 353 seats in the lower house. Mostsuggest Hollande will be able to count on obtaining the 289 seatsneeded for an outright majority following next Sunday's runoffvote. According to pollsters, Hollande's socialist government will not bechallenged by any right-wing resurgence. A leftist government witha rightist parliament could have thrown a spanner into the newpresident's plans for economic recovery and cutting the deficit. However, the Socialist bloc remained anxious and kept pressure onsupporters to continue casting their ballots en masse to win thelargest majority of seats in the National Assembly in a decade.This would be a symbolic triumph of the Socialists after winningthe presidency for the first time in 17 years last month. "Change is beginning, but everything hinges on next Sunday," PrimeMinister Jean-Marc Ayrault said after the first round results. "If you want to help the president, go and vote next week toconsolidate the left parties," Martine Aubry, general secretary ofthe Socialist Party, told the state-run France 2 TV channel. A total of 48.31 percent of the electorate abstained from Sunday'selections, as opposed to 16 percent at the presidential election,reflecting deep voter disinterest after months of electioneeringand a widespread feeling that the left was certain to win. Voter participation is crucial and one of the deciding factors forcandidates vying for seats in the lower house, as they need tosecure more than 50 percent of the vote to avoid a second-roundballot. Otherwise, candidates need to obtain 12.5 percent in thefirst round of vote to head to the run-off on June 17. Hollande needs a large, coherent majority to carry out hiselections pledges to increase tax on the wealthy to fund spendingand modify the European treaty with more focus on growth and jobcreation. The president is expected to unveil new budget measures by the endof this month after the release of a national audit officeassessment of public finances that will reveal the health of theFrench economy. As for the French right-wing, some candidates still hope they cancause an upset in the run-off. "I think victory once again is not impossible. They told us about apink tide but all we have is a ripple," Brice Hortefeux, former UMPinterior minister, told RTL radio. Jean-Francois Cope, UMP general secretary, also reiterated hisparty would not concede defeat until the run-off. Related: France's left-wing parties take lead in 1st round of legislativeelection PARIS, June 10 (Xinhua) -- France's Socialists and allies from theGreens and the Front Left took the lead in the first round ofparliamentary election on Sunday, bolstering President FrancoisHollande's chances of implementing wide-ranging reforms. Preliminary results of all available exit polls showed thatleft-wing parties won 47.1 percent of votes while Former PresidentNicolas Sarkozy's conservative Union for a Popular Movement (UMP)garnered 35.4 percent and the far-right National Front collected13.4 percent. Full story French PM re-elected in first round of legislative election PARIS, June 10 (Xinhua) -- French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayraultwas reelected in France's Nantes in the third district of theLoire-Atlantique, in the first round of parliamentary electionsheld Sunday, local media reported. The 62-year-old Socialist politician was appointed as primeminister after Francois Hollande won the presidential election inmid-May. Full story Backgrounder: Basic facts about French legislative elections. I am an expert from roll-formingmachinery.com, while we provides the quality product, such as Welding Manipulator , China Box Beam Welding, H Beam Welding,and more.
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