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After Olympic dream, a rude political awakening for Macron?

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France's Prime Minister Gabriel Attal arrives to deliver a speech following the first results of the second round of France's legislative election at Matignon in Paris on July 7, 2024. [AFP]

The success of the Olympic Games has surpassed the wildest dreams of many in France but in the next weeks, President Emmanuel Macron still will have to face the reality of the deadlocked politics created by his calling for snap legislative elections.

With the Games just around the corner, the polls left France with three major blocs in parliament -- the left as the largest followed by Macron's centrist forces and the far right -- with none of them close to mustering the numbers for an overall majority.

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