PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron has dissolved the National Assembly, or lower house of parliament, and announced early elections. &...
PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron has dissolved the National Assembly, or lower house of parliament, and announced early elections.
"France needs a clear parliamentary majority to act calmly in accord," he said in a televised address to the nations. "I appoint early parliamentary elections. The first round will be held on June 30 and the second one - on July 7."
This statement can be seen as the acknowledgement of a crushing defeat of the presidential Renaissance Party at the elections to the European Parliament, where it won less votes (15.4%) than the opposition National Rally Party (32%).
Last time, the lowe house was dissolved by President Jacques Chirac in 1997.
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