Paris (TIP): French President Emmanuel Macron held talks with main party leaders after his centrist alliance failed to win an absolute majority in parliamentary elections. The meetings came after PM Elisabeth Borne offered her resignation on June 21 in line with the tradition after parliamentary elections. Macron immediately rejected the offer and maintained the current government. Macron’s Together! alliance won 245 seats in Sunday’s parliamentary elections – but fell 44 seats short of a majority in the National Assembly. Macron was holding meetings with opposition members, including president of The Republicans Christian Jacob, head of the Socialist Party Olivier Faure, and far-right leader Marine Le Pen. Other meetings were scheduled on Wednesday. Macron was also to meet with his own party leaders. Talks were aimixng at finding “potential constructive solutions” to the situation, according to Macron’s office. Macron has not publicly commented on the elections’ results yet. — AP
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