Macron's Renew party suffered a stinging defeat in the European elections, securing just 15.2% of the votes to the far-right National Rally's 31.5%, according to provisional results.

French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Sunday evening that he would dissolve the national assembly after the far-right National Rally crushed his centrist Renew party in European elections.
In a five-minute video address released on social media shortly after 21:00 CET, Macron said that "after having carried out the consultations provided for in Article 12 of our Constitution, I have decided to give you back the choice of our parliamentary future by voting."

"I am therefore dissolving the National Assembly this evening," he added.

His address came just one hour after his centrist Renew party was handed a heavy blow by coming in a very distant second in the European elections to the RN, where both parties scored 15.2% and 31.5% respectively.

Jordan Bardella, the RN's lead candidate for these elections, had in his victory speech delivered shortly after the provisional results came out at 20:00 CET, called for such a move.
"The President of the Republic cannot remain deaf to the message sent this evening by the French people. First of all, he must abandon the agenda he was preparing to implement: de-indexation of retirement pensions, the new rise in energy prices from this summer," Bardella told supporters.
"We solemnly ask him to take note of this new political situation, come back to the French people and organise new legislative elections."
"This unprecedented defeat for the current government marks the end of a cycle and day one of the post-Macron era, which it is up to us to build," he added.

Macron retorted in his address that "the rise of the nationalists and demagogues is a threat not only to our nation but also to our Europe and to France's place in Europe and in the world".
"The extreme right is both the impoverishment of the French people and the downfall of our country. So at the end of this day, I can't pretend that nothing has happened," he added.
He said the national ballot, which is to be held on June 30 for the first round and on July 7 for the second, is a "serious and weighty decision" and an "act of trust".
"Confidence in you, my dear compatriots, in the ability of the French people to make the right choice for themselves and for future generations. Confidence in our democracy, in giving a voice to our sovereign people, nothing is more republican," he also said.

Marine Le Pen, the president of the RN's group in the national assembly, told supporters she can "only welcome this decision" to call for snap elections, adding "we are ready for it."
"We are ready to exercise power if the people of France have confidence in us during these future legislative elections. We are ready to put the country back on its feet, ready to defend the interests of the French people, ready to put an end to mass immigration, ready to make the purchasing power of the French people a priority, ready to start reindustrialising the country, in short, we are ready to put the country back on its feet, ready to revive France," she told a jubilant crowd, with Jordan Bardella standing beside her.

Jean-Luc Melenchon, leader of France Unbowed, also welcomed Macron's announcement, writing on social media platform X that the French president "no longer has the legitimacy to pursue his policies of social abuse, climate inaction and warmongering".

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What Isreal war in Gaza stands for is about to unfold hundred times in western Europe.
The ripple effects will be felt in So many nations because of earlier support and arms deals and immoral support.
The US may be next.

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What Isreal war in Gaza stands for is about to unfold hundred in western Europe
He ripple effect of it will be felt in So many governments because of earlier support and arms trade.
The US comes next.

Nothing world happen...simply wishful thinking of an islamist...!!

Either way any that comes up would still throw their support for Israel and nothing any islamist anywhere can do about that ..!!

[Floky215 what is the meaning of ' wishful thinking of an islamist?'
Are you okay?
Why do you lack deep understanding and why are you so fast in labelling me an islamist?
The rate at which you pressed harder to look very stupid impresses me a lot. Tow that path, they world needs a few folks like this for references]

Nothing world happen...simply wishful thinking of an islamist...!!

Either way any that comes up would still throw their support for Israel and nothing any islamist anywhere can do about that ..!![/quote]