THE BIG GAMBLE: In France, What Are Macron’s Intentions on Calling Snap Elections After Crushing Defeat to Le Pen and Bardella’s RN on the European Parliament Vote?
RN’s Jordan Bardella and Marine Le Pen, French President Emmanuel Macron.
As it was widely expected, unpopular French President Emmanuel Macron got crushed in the polls by Marine Le Pen’s National Rally (RN) in the European Parliament vote.
The RN party is expected to get around 32% of the vote, more than twice that of the president’s Renaissance party.
But what was NOT expected is that following the major defeat, Macron would pull a BIG gamble by calling snap parliamentary elections.
He announced the dissolution of parliament and said the two rounds of voting would take place on 30 June and 7 July, mere days before the Paris Olympics.
BBC reported:
“Mr.
