French President Emanuel Macron announced on Sunday that he will dissolve the National Assembly and call for a snap legislative election following a significant defeat for his party in the European Parliament elections. Macron made the announcement in a televised address from the Elysee presidential palace, stating, 'I’ve decided to give you back the choice of our parliamentary future through the vote. I am therefore dissolving the National Assembly.' The election will be held in two rounds on June 30 and July 7.
The decision to dissolve the National Assembly comes as initial results from France showed the far-right National Rally party leading in the European Union parliamentary election, surpassing Macron’s pro-European centrists. The defeat in the European Parliament elections prompted Macron to take this bold step of calling for a snap legislative election to allow the French citizens to decide the country's parliamentary future.
