Earlier this month, French President Emmanuel Macron called for fresh parliamentary elections after his party suffered a bruising defeat in the EU elections. The French leader's approval rating recently hit an all-time low.
French President Emmanuel Macron faced a backlash this week after he claimed that a win for either the far-right or hard-left in the upcoming snap election could lead to a 'civil war.' 'This is a strategy of fear,' Eric Ciotti, leader of the conservative Republicans, said during an appearance on radio station BFMTV-RMC.
Some polling indicates that the National Rally – the reformed National Front – could end up with the largest share of votes after the first round, potentially winning around 35% of the votes. The rival left-wing alliance, under the title New Popular Front, would win around 28%, and Macron’s own centrists would scrape out around 21%. The second round of voting will take place on July 7 in districts where candidates failed to win more than 50% in the first round.
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