President Emmanuel Macron has dissolved the lower house of parliament and announced fresh legislative elections after his 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.
Macron said that the EU parliamentary election result was not a good result for parties that defend Europe urging citizens to vote massively”in the election, saying that France needs a clear majority.
French nationals will be heading to the polls on June 30 for the first round of France’s parliamentary election and a second round is scheduled for July 7.
