Emmanuel Macron calls snap election after France election defeat | World | News
Emanuel Macron has suffered a humiliating defeat in the European elections.
The President, who has been in France’s top post since 2017, has been forced to dissolve the National Assembly, calling a new legislative election after the crushing vote.
He has called for parliamentary elections to be held on June 30 and July 7.
Marine Le Pen’s National Rally party won about 32 percent of the vote – a 10 point increase on the last EU election in 2019.
It is also more than double the 15 percent taken by Macron’s Renaissance party, according to exit polls.
The French president said he could not “pretend nothing had happened” and admitted the EU election was “no good” for his government.
“This historic vote shows that when people vote, people win,” she told a cheering crowd of supporters at a rally.
“We are ready to take over power if the French give us their trust in the upcoming national elections,” she added.
“We are ready to exercise power, to end mass migration, to prioritise purchasing power, ready to make France live again,” she said.
