By Elizabeth Pineau

PARIS (Reuters – France’s Socialist Party suspended Friday talks aimed to unite centre-left- and hard-left party leaders ahead of June’s parliamentary elections. This is a clear sign of the challenges the left faces in its attempt to confront President Emmanuel Macron.

To implement his policies, Macron will require a majority of parliamentarians. For his policies to be implemented in France, Macron will need a majority of the parliament.

Parties on the left and right are hopeful they will win enough votes to change things this time.

Jean-Luc Melenchon (hard-left politician) came in third place at the French presidential election. This was with close to 22%.

However, the Socialists once controlled France but are currently fighting for survival after they won less than 2% of the vote on April 10. They said this could only happen if France Insoumise’s (France Unbowed), party deals with them better during the negotiations.

In an internal message sent to members of the party by Olivier Faure, Socialist Leader Olivier Faure stated that he wanted to “agree between all left-wing political parties and ecologists”. This was Reuters’s first report.

But to do it well, we will need a truly shared logic. It is necessary to accept pluralism and break with any hegemonic logic. Faure stated that at this point, there’s no guarantee.

It is difficult for the pro-European Socialist Party (and Melenchon) to accept certain policies.

The two sides have been at odds for many years.

Macron’s La Republique en Marche centrist (LaRem), party would not win a majority of the legislative vote. In that case, he could name a prime minster from another party.

This would herald in a period of tension known as “cohabitation”, when presidential powers are greatly curtailed.

Macron beat Marine Le Pen to win a fifth-year presidency term.

France will have parliamentary elections in June 12, 19 and 20.