French President Emmanuel Macron has called for new parliamentary elections after his camp heavily lost to the populist National Rally party in the country's European Union election.
Eurosceptic nationalists have made the biggest gains in European Parliament elections while the Greens and liberals lost ground, an aggregated exit poll suggests, a shift that may complicate European Union policy-making and attempts to deepen integration over the next five years.
Exactly how much clout the eurosceptic nationalist parties will have will depend on their ability to overcome differences and work together. They are currently split between two different families, and some parties and lawmakers for now lie outside these groupings. Like Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz also suffered a painful night.
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