Local Elections Deliver Blow to France’s Macron

PARIS—President Emmanuel Macron’s celebration suffered a string of losses in municipal elections throughout France on Sunday, increasing doubts about the long-phrase survival of a political movement created about the French chief.

The contests marked the initially time Mr. Macron’s celebration, Republic on the Go, fielded candidates for nearby workplaces, which engage in a key role in securing a political party’s potential in France. Community workplaces are made use of to groom political talent for the nationwide phase, and they offer a fallback for presidential candidates…