France’s unions call for protests to pressure Macron into naming leftist government

PARIS (AP) — A leader of a major French union has called for mass demonstrations and possible strikes to pressure President Emmanuel Macron into “respecting the results” of recent legislative elections and allow a leftist coalition to form a new government. The leftist New Popular Front alliance won the most seats in the National Assembly but the election produced no outright majority. Macron has said he’ll wait with naming a new prime minister until lawmakers come up with a government based on a broad consensus, infuriating the leftists and unions. CGT union leader Sophie Binet called on supporters to “join rallies” and urged “citizens’ pressure so that the elections’ results are respected.”