Emmanuel Macron announced the dissolution of the National Assembly and called new elections for June 30 and July 7.
Early parliamentary elections are being called in France, after it was revealed on Sunday evening: the right-wing National Compact won a large victory in the European Parliament elections, and the camp led by President Emmanuel Macron came in second place, far behind. The head of state announced that he would dissolve the National Assembly and that new parliamentary elections would be held in a few weeks.
"This is not a good result for the parties that defend Europe. Far-right parties are gaining strength across the continent. In France, their representatives reached 40 percent of the votes cast"
Macron said. According to him, these "parties oppose the joint protection of our borders, the support of our farmers, the support of Ukraine, and this threatens our place in Europe and the world."
"The extreme right means both the impoverishment of the French and the downgrading of our country, so I cannot pretend this evening that nothing has happened," he said.
All of this does not affect Macron's presidency, he remains in office, but the political course that fused with his name has clearly failed.
Marine Le Pen has already spoken. He said:
"We are ready to take power if the French vote confidence in us in the upcoming national elections."
Macron's announcement came shortly after French exit polls showed that Le Pen's National Unity party won almost twice as many votes as Macron's centrist alliance with 31.5 percent.
Le Pen called the result of the European Parliament election "historic".
Source: Magyar Hírlap / MTI
Cover image: MTI/EPA/AFP pool/John Thys
