French president Emmanuel Macron calls snap election after huge far-right gains in EU vote
The French president has said he will dissolve parliament and call a snap election after his party suffered a crushing defeat in elections for the European parliament as surging far-right parties dealt blows across the bloc.
Addressing the nation from the Elysee presidential palace on Sunday, Emmanuel Macron announced the dissolution of the National Assembly and called for legislative elections to be held on 20 June and 7 July.
In a hugely politically risky move, he said: “I’ve decided to give you back the choice of our parliamentary future through the vote. I am therefore dissolving the
