French President Macron, facing a heavy defeat in the European Parliament elections, has dissolved the National Assembly and called for a snap legislative election.
French President Macron sets new election dates after assembly dissolution. / Photo: Reuters Archive
French President Emanuel Macron has said he was dissolving the National Assembly and calling a snap legislative election after his party suffered a heavy defeat in elections for the European Parliament. In an address to the nation from the Elysee presidential palace on Sunday, Macron said: “I’ve decided to give you back the choice of our parliamentary future through the vote. I am therefore dissolving the National Assembly.”The move comes as the first projected results from France on Sunday put the far-right National Rally party well ahead in the European Union’s parliamentary election, defeating Macron’s pro-European centrists, according to French opinion poll institutes.
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