French Republicains Party Says Won’t Form Coalition With Macron
Emmanuel Macron shakes hands with Christian Jacob after a meeting at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, on June 21.
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The Republicains party won’t form a coalition with French President Emmanuel Macron after his group lost its outright majority in the lower house of parliament on Sunday.
“Those who voted for us didn’t do it so that we would enter some kind of coalition,” Christian Jacob, the head of the Republicains, told reporters after meeting with Macron at the Elysee palace. “It’s out of question to betray those who trusted us.”