Labour Rules: Right Parties and Vote-Getters Advance

labour rules: Top vote-getters advance to the decisive second round June 18, according to Hamilton Spectator. Polls suggest the elections will strongly favour Macron's party and dramatically shake up French politics, punishing the traditional left and right parties and leaving no single strong opposition force. A total of 7,882 candidates are running for 577 seats in the National Assembly in Sunday's first round of the two-stage legislative elections. Macron's year-old centrist movement, Republic on the Move, is seeking an absolute majority to be able to implement his campaign promises, which include simplifying labour rules and making it easier to lay off workers in hopes of boosting hiring. Macron also plans to quickly pass a law to strengthen security measures effectively making the state of emergency permanent, after multiple Islamic extremist attacks in France and another one that he says will put more ethics into French politics. The government outlined the main themes of a major labour reform that has already angered French unions and is likely to prompt tensions over the summer. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.