Macron urges French to make 'right choice' in election gamble
economictimes.indiatimes.comMacron on Monday said that he was confident French voters would make the «right choice» in snap elections he called after the far right crushed his centrist alliance in Sunday's EU ballot.
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His surprise move came after mainstream centrist parties kept an overall majority in the European Parliament in Sunday's elections, but the far right notched up a string of high-profile victories in Italy, Austria and France.
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In Germany, where the three governing coalition parties also performed dismally, centre-left Chancellor Olaf Scholz's spokesman ruled out a snap vote.
Analysts say Macron has taken the risky gamble of dissolving the national parliament in a bid to keep the far-right National Rally (RN) out of power when his second term ends in 2027.
«I am confident in the capacity of the French people to make the right choice for themselves and for future generations,» Macron wrote on X on Monday.
His announcement of elections for a new National Assembly on June 30, with a second round on July 7, has sparked widespread alarm, even from within the ranks of his party.
«By playing with fire, the head of state could end up by burning himself and dragging the entire country into the fire,» Le Monde wrote in an editorial.
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