President Emmanuel Macron has ruled out the possibility of forming a government of national unity at the moment. Eliza’s leader reached this conclusion after consultations with the leaders of the French parties.

Addressing the French for the first time since Sunday’s election, when his party lost a parliamentary majority, Macron acknowledged that there had been increased divisions after the election and called on the political class to learn to govern and pass different laws.

The French president’s party has not won an absolute majority in the National Assembly and must form a coalition. According to the final election results, Macron centrists won the majority of seats, 245 out of a total of 577, but an absolute majority requires at least 289.

In second place is the left-wing coalition, the New Ecological and Social People’s Union (Nupes) with 131 seats, right-wing National Assembly Speaker Marine Le Pen won 89, while right-wing Republicans 61.

“I listen and I am ready to take on the desire for change that the country has clearly expressed,” Macron said, recalling that for two days he had talked with leaders of all political groups and that all expressed respect for French institutions and the desire for avoid country blockade.