The centre-left Socialists and centre-right Republicans, both of which were trounced in the elections, are divided on whether they are willing to work with Macron, and the hard left remains implacably opposed to him.
France's former Socialist Prime Minister, Manuel Valls, has said that he will support President-elect Emmanuel Macron's start-up party - now named La République En Marche! - in next month's parliamentary elections. Until recently he was deputy editor-in-chief at Agence France Presse.
On Sunday, Trump wrote in his personal Twitter account: "Congratulations to Emmanuel Macron for his great victory today as the next President of France".
Webber said: "Adam's extremely clear writing and analysis impressed me immediately: his eye for human detail and careful examination of the stages of the Macron surge add a thrilling dimension to this tale of unexpected political victory". Macron's "En Marche" party now has no seats in parliament, though an opinion poll last week predicted it would emerge as the largest in the parliamentary elections next month.
Macron's party now has no seats in parliament.
I will be a candidate in the presidential majority and I wish to join up to his movement, namely the "Republic on the Move".
Macron went on to promise robust funding for climate initiatives.
The list of candidates being announced by the Republic on the Move party on Thursday marks a milestone in Macron's plans to repopulate the National Assembly with new faces and new ideas.
The new version of the GOP healthcare bill is incredibly unpopular
Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said in an interview, describing the Kentucky Republican's request to GOP senators during a lunch. McConnell, the Kentucky Republican, disputed the idea that only the working group would draft the new health care bill .
By contrast Le Pen is an old hand, with a developed party political machine behind her and a long history of far-right activism.
His first ceremonial duty comes on Monday when he appears alongside outgoing Socialist President Francois Hollande in Paris to commemorate the Nazi capitulation on May 8, 1945.
It is unlikely that Macron is going to unify France any time soon and he will eventually govern at the front of a complex coalition with the FN as a formal opposition.
Guillaume Balas, who co-ordinated Mr Hamon's platform, said Mr Valls "excluded" himself from the party with his allegiance to Mr Macron's movement.
Macron's victory, by 66 percent to 34, was more comfortable than surveys had predicted, and has triggered a rare public display of disagreement among National Front officials and allies over campaign policies.
"The old parties are dying, or are already dead", Valls said.
Macron, who will be inaugurated on Sunday, takes over from his former mentor, the deeply unpopular Socialist President Francois Hollande, who decided against seeking a second term.
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