Breaking all over

President Emmanuel Macron dissolves French National Assembly and calls snap election

As Mr Macron's Renaissance party secures less than half the votes won by Marine le Pen's National Rally in elections to the European Parliament, the president tells the French people he has given them "back the choice".

French President Emmanuel Macron has dissolved France's National Assembly and called a snap election after his party suffered a calamitous result in elections to the European Parliament.

Marine le Pen's hard right National Rally party won about 32% of the vote - a 10 point increase on the last EU election in 2019.

It is more than double the 15% taken by Mr Macron's centrist, pro-European Renaissance party, according to exit polls.

Mr Macron said he could not "pretend nothing had happened" and admitted the EU election was "no good" for his government.

The "rise of nationalists" is a danger to France and to Europe, he said.

Mr Macron is a "weakened president" said Jordan Bardella, National Rally's lead candidate.

https://news.sky.com/story/president-emmanuel-macron-dissolves-french-national-assembly-and-calls-for-snap-election-13150407

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Moderate or Center right no longer exists, it seems, only far right.

CNN not taking it well

Far-Right gains rock European politics

French President Emmanuel Macron has dissolved his country’s parliament and called snap elections after an EU exit poll showed a historic surge for the French far-right.

Exit polls have showed gains for far-right parties in Germany and Austria, as three days of voting wrapped Sunday across the EU’s 27 member states.

But the mainstream center-right European People’s Party (EPP) is predicted to remain the largest political grouping in Brussels, and its leader has promised to guard against extremes “from left and right.”

The vote, one of the world’s largest democratic exercises, comes at a pivotal moment for the EU, which is grappling with issues ranging from the wars in Ukraine and Gaza to immigration and climate change.

https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/european-election-results-06-09-24-intl/index.html