In an address to the nation, the French president says the country's party leaders must learn to compromise - and he will seek to establish a working majority over the next weeks.
But those rivals appear determined to remain in opposition to Mr Macron and not keen to cooperate or compromise with him.
Earlier on Wednesday, far-right leader Marine Le Pen appeared at the National Assembly with the newly elected parliament members from her National Rally party, which obtained a historic score of 89 seats.Mr Macron's Together! alliance won the most seats with 245 - but that's 44 short of a majority inThe main opposition force is the leftist Nupes coalition, created by hard-left firebrand Jean-Luc Melenchon, with 131 seats.
The outcome will make it harder for Mr Macron to accomplish campaign promises like measures to boost purchasing power, tax cuts and raising the minimum retirement age from 62 to 65.Mr Macron said he would spend the next two days at an EU summit, and it was up to the political party leaders to say"how far they are prepared to go".
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