How would a “cohabitation” of a Le Pen government with President Macron be in France?

Time is counting down to the parliamentary elections in France and the scenario of “cohabitation”, which means a government of Marine Le Pen and President Emmanuel Macron, is being considered. Politico, analyzing this possibility, wrote that this situation – when the government of the nation is in the hands of a president representing one party and a prime minister and government representing another – has happened three times since the establishment of the Fifth Republic in 1958 The previous cases of cohabitation always involved the dominant parties of the Right and the Left. Socialist president Francois Mitterrand twice found himself sharing power with Conservative prime ministers – first with Edouard Balladour from 1986 to 1988 and then with Jacques Chirac from 1993 to 1995. Then, when the latter was subsequently elected president, was similarly captive to an opposition government under Socialist Prime Minister Lionel Jospin after a bold decision to dissolve the National Assembly. […]
Source: News Beast

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