INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES au NEWSLETTER SIGNUP My account Log Out Jun 10, 10:34 PM AEST Business News Sports Technology Entertainment NEWSLETTER My account Log Out Australia edition Business News Sports Technology Entertainment Editions Australia India International Singapore United Kingdom United States NEWSLETTER Follow Us Editions Australia India International Singapore United Kingdom United States Sports Macron's Election Call Unsettles Paris Olympics Build-up By Cyril TOUAUX, Deborah CLAUDE Published 06/10/24 AT 9:33 PM AEST Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit Share on Flipboard Share on Pocket France will hold snap elections just weeks before the Paris Olympics AFP Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo on Monday described the prospect of French parliamentary elections just weeks before the start of the Paris Olympics as "extremely unsettling", while the International Olympic Committee played down any direct impact on the event. "Like a lot of people I was stunned to hear the president decide to do a dissolution (of parliament)," Hidalgo said of Emmanuel Macron's decision to call snap parliamentary elections on Sunday. The surprise announcement came after hugely disappointing European parliament election results for the centrist president which Hidalgo said meant the president "could not continue as before".
"But all the same, a dissolution just before the Games, it's really something that is extremely unsettling," the 64-year-old Socialist, a dome.
