French President Emmanuel Macron has dissolved the lower house of parliament and announced fresh elections after his party’s poor performance in the EU elections. His party was defeated by the far-right National Rally.
French President Emanuel Macron announced Sunday he was dissolving the National Assembly and calling a snap election after his centrist alliance was trounced by the far-right National Rally in the European Parliament elections.
According to the first exit polls, the National Rally won around 32%, more than double Macron’s pro-EU coalition, which received 15% of the vote.
The first round of France’s parliamentary election will be held on June 30 and a second round is scheduled for July 7.
Exit polls on Sunday have shown the far-right making substantial gains in other member states in the European Parliament election, including in Germany and Austria.
It’s a bold move cotton, let’s see if it pays off
Didn’t pay off for Chirac but it was the left that took power, let’s hope we don’t have as many fascists as yesterday’s results seem to indicate.
I bet you we will get a RN prime minister next month… I don’t know what’s Macron’s move, but he is really to bet on our heads and democratic system with a roll of die.
Maybe he thinks if the RN share power for the next couple of years, people won’t see them as the outsiders that are against the system, which seems to be driving their voterbase. Basically betting on the fact that all incumbents are unpopular in France, so if he gives the RN some power now, they won’t be able to win the 2027 presidential elections.
Accelerationism theory. Maybe, but that is a gamble, that could cost us our democracy.