Macron calls for early elections after far-right victory in EP elections

French President Emmanuel Macron has decided to dissolve parliament and call early general elections after the far-right came in first place by a wide margin in the European Parliament (EP) elections in his country. In the EP elections in France, the far-right National Rally Party (RN) came in first place by a wide margin with 31.50 percent, while President Emmanuel Macron’s party Rönesans came in second with 15.2 percent. Making statements after his party’s wide-ranging defeat, Macron admitted that the results were “not good for the parties defending Europe” and announced that early elections would be held from June 30 to July 7. Stating that “I have decided to give you the choice of our parliamentary future again through voting. That is why I am dissolving the National Assembly tonight,” Macron will convene his cabinet tonight at 22:00 local time.