Macron's party struggles to process candidates for parliamentary elections

Emmanuel Macron’s party officials have admitted they do not have a full list of candidates they hope to field in crucial parliamentary elections that will decide if the new French president has the power to push through his programme of reforms.

The president-elect had pledged to announce on Thursday afternoon the names of all those selected to stand next month in the country’s 577 constituencies. La République en Marche! (LRM), admitted it had only 450 definite candidates. Read more HERE.