DIVIDED PARLIAMENT
After they won the Jun 30 first round of the elections by a clear margin, Sunday's results were a major disappointment for Le Pen's RN, despite boasting its biggest-ever contingent in parliament.
Macron's centrist alliance will have dozens fewer members of parliament but held up better than expected and could even end up in second when seat numbers are confirmed.
The NFP - formed last month after Macron called snap elections - brought the previously deeply divided Socialists, Greens, Communists and LFI together.
Projections and provisional results show the NFP will be the largest bloc in the new National Assembly with around 190 seats, Macron's alliance on around 160 seats and the RN on about 140.
No group is close to the 289 seats needed for an absolute majority.
Only one week ago, some polls had indicated the RN could win just such an absolute majority, with Le Pen's 28-year-old lieutenant Jordan Bardella becoming prime minister.
Instead, he will remain a member of the European Parliament, taking the helm of a new far-right grouping in which the RN will be the largest member, alongside allies like Viktor Orban's nationalist Hungarian governing party Fidesz and Italy's League.
In the French campaign, "I take my share of responsibility, as much for victory in the European elections as for (Sunday's) defeat", Bardella told reporters Monday.
"But time is on our side, and we will keep working to convince the French people," he added, predicting a "wave that will bring (the RN) to power".
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