THE newly elected French parliament began its first session yesterday, with communists warning that the new majority aims to destroy the country’s “social model.”

President Emmanuel Macron’s Republic on the Move party won 308 of 577 seats in the lower house earlier this month — just 14 months after is foundation — with its Democratic Movement (Modem) ally taking another 42.

MPs will get to work on legislating for increased police powers and attacks on workers’ protection from dismissal.