'Election has been stolen': Far left and right react to Barnier as PM

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00:00The reactions now are coming in thick and fast as you mentioned the France

00:04Unbowed Party, La France Insoumise, Jean-Luc Mélenchon speaking live. He's

00:09saying that the result has been stolen from the French. We had Marine

00:12Tendelier on the Greens who was of course part of that left-wing alliance

00:16with Mélenchon. She's saying are they mocking us? The question they're asking

00:22is how is it that the left wing, that left-wing alliance, that the new popular

00:27front, how is it that it won the most seats in Parliament and yet the Prime

00:31Minister, the next Prime Minister of France is Michel Barnier, a long-standing

00:35right-wing politician. How can that be? Well the answer is because the left did

00:41not win an overall majority and so Macron has chosen the Prime Minister

00:46which he believes can get the support of Parliament. That will mean Michel

00:49Barnier, depending on centrist politicians from Emmanuel Macron's party

00:55as well as of course his own party, the right-wing Les Républicains party but

00:59also we understand from the far right and we have had a reaction from Marine

01:04Le Pen saying at least Michel Barnier seems able to respect the different

01:10political forces in Parliament moment and that will obviously include her

01:15party and that will be useful she says because compromises will be made. Of

01:18course we have a very divided hung Parliament here in France. Michel

01:22Barnier's next job will be trying to get the support of members of Parliament

01:26because if he doesn't they could simply overthrow him in a vote of no confidence.

01:30Claire, thank you very much for that.

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