Macron Calls Snap Election.
Snap!Macron calls snap election in wake of huge far-Right gains.* Emmanuel Macron has called a snap election in the face of a loss to the far-Right* Marine le Pen's National Rally party swept up a mass of EU election votes tonight* Much of Europe appears to be swinging in the same rightward trajectory French president Emmanuel Macron has called a snap election in the wake of a massive swing to the right during the country's European Unionelections. Macron tonight suffered a major defeat after Marine le Pen's National Rally party took home a projected 31.5% of the vote following the country's European Union elections. His Renaissance party meanwhile suffered one of the worst ever defeats for a party in French government, taking just 15.2% of France's vote. Macron dissolved France's parliament and called the election in the wake of the major defeat, announcing the first round will take place on June 30, while the second will take place on July 7. https://mol.im/a/13511389
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