In an address to the nation from the Elysee presidential palace, Macron said: "I've decided to give you back the choice of our parliamentary future through the vote".
President Emanuel Macron said Sunday he was dissolving the National Assembly and calling a snap legislative election after his party suffered a heavy defeat in elections for the European parliament.
Macron himself wasn't a candidate in the EU elections and his term as president still runs for three more years. In latest legislative elections in 2022, Macron's centrist party won the most seats but lost its majority at the National Assembly, forcing lawmakers into political maneuvering to pass bills.
The EU elections results were a hard blow for Macron, who has been advocating for Europe-wide efforts to defend Ukraine and the need for the EU to boost its own defenses and industry. An official at Macron's office said the decision to dissolve the National Assembly was justified by the "historic score of the far-right" that could not be ignored and the current "parliamentarian disorder".
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