"Not split the country into two, but cast bridges between them, open opportunities for talks to solve the many problems of French society": the "real unknown quantity of the next few weeks", according to Durand, "is the ability of the French parties and politicians, starting with the President of the Republic, to understand the deep message sent by the constituencies on the first round". "The main stake for the next month will be the election of the national Assembly, which may or may not confirm the presidential election", explains the expert, because "today France has a new president, but it is still waiting for the next political election in about thirty days’ time". So we must see "whether the choice made on May 6th will be confirmed by a right-wing parliamentary majority that will enable the President to rule without allies, or whether it will force him to look for an agreement with other parties, if the Socialist party will manage to steer clear of its old, archaic logic of uniting the left parties, which is by now awkward with a Communist party at under 2%, to open up to different classes and to form a modern social-democratic alliance; if François Bayrou’s new party, the Democratic Movement, will keep the 18% of the third nominee and have a real weight on political life".
