French President Emmanuel Macron waves from his car after voting for the European election, Sunday, June 9, 2024 in Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, northern France.
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.The Associated PressFrench President Emmanuel Macron waves from his car after voting in the European Union's parliamentary election, in Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, northern France, on Sunday.
In an address to the nation from the Élysée presidential palace, 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 vote will take place in two rounds on June 30 and July 7, he said. 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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