French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday announced that he is dissolving the national assembly and calling for legislative elections on June 30 and July 7.
Macron said he cannot pretend nothing has happened in the EU elections – in which the far rights made big gain in France and German.
He also said the outcome of the EU elections, in 20 nation states, is not good for his government and that the rise of nationalists is a danger for France and all of Europe.
Marine Le Pen’s far-right party handily defeated Macron’s party in the European Parliamentary elections.
