国际英语资讯:News Analysis: Electing Macron, France chooses not to yield to fear, but remains fractured_时事

国际英语资讯:News Analysis: Electing Macron, France chooses not to yield to fear, but remains fractured

"A large majority of voters stated its support for Macron, undoubtedly: yet, the turnout was low, and many voters cast blank ballots (null votes) in protest," Andrea Goldstein, managing director of Bologna-based think-tank Nomisma, told Xinhua.

These two factors showed a deep disillusionment among many French, and particularly on the far-left side of the political spectrum.

"A segment of the French society is not scared by globalization, and it would look at the future with enthusiasm: this social movement speaks through a figure like Macron," Goldstein explained.

"Yet, there is another part of France, and of Europe, that does not identify with Macron nor with his political agenda, and that part was not persuaded to vote again after the first round."

Both analysts suggested another crucial political appointment would now await France: the parliamentary elections, to be held in two rounds as well, scheduled in June.

"The game is far from being over yet," Villafranca stressed. "A new challenge begins now, and it is perhaps riskier than the presidential race, because the parliamentary elections may result in something more complicated than cohabitation."

In the French semi-presidential system, the "cohabitation" defines a situation in which the majority in parliament belongs to a different political party, or parties, than the president of the Republic.

In the first round of the presidential race, several candidates from different political forces gathered similar electoral support: if these results were mirrored in the parliamentary election, a coalition government may be necessary, according to the scholar.