France's Surprising Election Results: What Comes Next?

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In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by William Drozdiak, Global Fellow with the Wilson Center’s Global Europe Program and author of https://www.amazon.com/Last-President-Europe-Emmanuel-Macrons/dp/1541742567/ref=sr_1_2?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Bf4px2YI-DgGhdEwDTzxnMNc8kHPPFvwY6SxRKj8xy1jwC5nOVFxUt_p1yYvEyfaOgLZqYbQbPT3fjXX_wkEtw.F3uGSXriD0BceYj5C_1oDyK4Uvi8fINuJ_hikDiUIuQ&dib_tag=se&qid=1720618681&refinements=p_27%3AWilliam+Drozdiak&s=books&sr=1-2. Click or tap if you trust this link." href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FLast-President-Europe-Emmanuel-Macrons%2Fdp%2F1541742567%2Fref%3Dsr_1_2%3Fdib%3DeyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Bf4px2YI-DgGhdEwDTzxnMNc8kHPPFvwY6SxRKj8xy1jwC5nOVFxUt_p1yYvEyfaOgLZqYbQbPT3fjXX_wkEtw.F3uGSXriD0BceYj5C_1oDyK4Uvi8fINuJ_hikDiUIuQ%26dib_tag%3Dse%26qid%3D1720618681%26refinements%3Dp_27%253AWilliam%2BDrozdiak%26s%3Dbooks%26sr%3D1-2&data=05%7C02%7CShaarona.Harris%40wilsoncenter.org%7Cd198477db1d24db206c008dca6851cc7%7C84dfdf3abb4140edb7319f6cc84e7d91%7C0%7C0%7C638568337879386626%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=2FchQpggTIBNo%2F1FqoBP1xM%2B0YisOGFip3z04QDLXPA%3D&reserved=0" rel="noopener noreferrer">“The Last President of Europe: Emmanuel Macron's Race to Revive France and Save the World.” He discusses the recent legislative election in France in which, contrary to pre-election projections, left wing alliance New Popular Front candidates won a plurality of seats after the second round. Drozdiak discusses what’s next in President Macron’s efforts to form a coalition government and what the fractured election results could mean for the second largest economy in Europe going forward.