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National Rally to woo other right-wingers ahead of French snap poll

Following its win in the European elections, France’s right-wing populist National Rally (RN) wants to woo other right-wingers, including from the far-right Reconquest party, for the snap parliamentary elections called by President Emmanuel Macron. “I myself am perfectly willing to discuss with personalities who do not come from the National Rally and who share the […]

Why Emmanuel Macron has called snap elections

French President Emmanuel Macron has called snap parliamentary elections after a victory for Marine Le Pen’s National Rally in the European Parliament vote. It won 31.5% of the vote, more than double the share that went to Macron’s centrist party. Exit polls had begun to roll in when Macron delivered his “bombshell moment” to the […]

Macron switches to election campaign mode after snap election call

Following President Emmanuel Macron’s resounding defeat in the European elections, France has swiftly entered election campaign mode. Macron dissolved the National Assembly, France’s lower house of parliament, on Sunday and scheduled parliamentary elections in just a few weeks’ time. Various parties are strategizing their campaigns in response to the sudden electoral call. France’s far-right National […]

French Bank Stocks Lead Market Drop After Macron Calls Snap Vote

(Bloomberg) — French banks BNP Paribas SA and Societe Generale SA tumbled more than 5% on Monday, leading losses on the Paris market after President Emmanuel Macron called a snap election following a drubbing for his group in weekend European parliamentary voting. Most Read from Bloomberg The move weighed on broader European equities, with the […]

Macron calls snap election after far right gains rattle EU’s traditional powers

Far-right parties have rattled the traditional powers in the European Union with major gains in parliamentary seats, dealing an especially humiliating defeat to French president Emmanuel Macron, who called snap legislative elections. Some ballots in the vote for the European Parliament are still being counted, but the outcome shows the 27-nation bloc’s parliamentary membership has […]

Macron gambles on snap election after European defeat

President Emmanuel Macron has called snap parliamentary elections later this month in the wake of a big victory for his rival Marine Le Pen’s National Rally in the European Parliament vote. The far-right party is on course to win 32% of the vote, exit polls say, more than twice that of the president’s Renaissance party. […]

French President Macron calls snap elections after EU poll defeat

French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Sunday that he will dissolve parliament and hold snap elections, following his party’s clear defeat by the far-right National Rally in European Parliament elections earlier that day. Elections to the National Assembly are to take place in two rounds on June 30 and July 7, Macron said. He said […]