France is stuck.
Almost a week after a legislative election that produced a deadlocked parliament, and two weeks from the start of the Paris Olympics, discord reigns and nobody can even agree on whether the vote produced a winner.
The left thinks it won. The right argues that France voted for it, if the 146 seats of the far-right National Rally are included. The center, diminished, wants to bridge the divide but for now nobody is interested.
Next week, on July 18, the new National Assembly is constitutionally obliged to gather for the first time.