The 2022 French presidential and parliamentary elections have significantly shaped the current dynamics of the country’s politics. Incumbent President Emmanuel Macron became the first French leader in twenty years to be re-elected for a second five-year term, winning over fifty-eight percent of the vote against his challenger Marine Le Pen. Macron’s promises to revitalize the economy, mitigate inequality, and augment France’s reactions to global crises helped him secure a resounding victory. Although Macron was victorious in his election, this success was not replicated in June during the French parliamentary election. Macron’s centrist alliance, known as Ensemble (Together), lost its absolute majority in the legislature, amid gains by a new left coalition and historical gains made by the far-right. These all revealed an unprecedented configuration of disturbing trends in French democracy.

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