We can find a new majority, France's Macron says after losing control of parliament

FILE PHOTO: French President Emmanuel Macron greets supporters as he leaves after voting in the second round of French parliamentary elections, at a polling station in Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, France, June 19, 2022. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol

PARIS (Reuters) -All party leaders in the French parliament agree on the need to avoid political gridlock and must now learn to compromise, President Emmanuel Macron said in a televised address on Wednesday.

In his first comments since his centrist camp lost its absolute majority in an election on Sunday, Macron said agreements needed to be found across party lines and that he would seek over the next weeks to establish a working majority.