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00:00It's an unprecedented situation in French politics, no party with an absolute majority
00:05and no common ground between the three largest parliamentary blocs.
00:09The left-wing New Popular Front has the biggest grouping in the new National Assembly with
00:13182 seats, followed by Emmanuel Macron's Together Alliance on 168 and the far-right
00:19National Rally and its allies on 143.
00:23Weeks of negotiation and horse-trading lie ahead, even if the leaders of the two dominant
00:28parties in the New Popular Front say they will not compromise on any of their programme.
00:33But former President Francois Hollande, elected a Socialist Party MP, urged caution on how
00:38much scope the left-wing bloc has.
00:41The New Popular Front must understand its role today.
00:46What more should it do?
00:48Try to find support?
00:50I don't think it will find much, but nothing is impossible.
00:54What it has to do is play its role.
00:57That is to say, influence the decisions that have to be taken.
01:03Meanwhile the President's Renaissance Party says it is willing to cut deals, but expects
01:07to be met halfway.
01:10This configuration is unprecedented.
01:13The moment it's too serious for us not to face up to our collective responsibility.
01:18I would like to say straight away that we will continue to defend our values in Parliament
01:23and that we will formalise the preconditions for any discussion with a view to project
01:27the majority.
01:28Emmanuel Macron's party is unlikely to accept any coalition with the far-left Lafonce-Ansoumise,
01:34but could countenance working with other parties in the New Popular Front.
01:38That would mean forcing a split in the left-wing alliance that proved successful in Sunday's
01:43second round also unlikely to happen.
01:46One thing's for sure, the resulting government will be different to the current one.