French President Emmanuel Macron called Wednesday for moderate politicians from the left and the right to regroup to defeat the far right in general elections. Macron, a pro-business centrist, said he wants “men and women of good will who were able to say ‘no’ to extremes to join together to be able to build a joint project” for the country. Macron addressed French voters Wednesday for the first time since he called for a snap national election following a crushing defeat of his party by the far right in the European parliamentary vote.
President Emmanuel Macron is addressing French voters Wednesday for the first time since he called for a snap national election following a crushing defeat of his party by the far-right in the European vote. Macron is expected to explain his shocking decision to dissolve the National Assembly , France's lower house of parliament, that has triggered an early legislative election to take place three weeks after the far-right National Rally party of Marine Le Pen triumphed at the election for the European Union Parliament. On Sunday, Macron said he decided to call an early vote because he could not ignore the new political reality after his pro-European party was handed a chastening defeat and garnered less than half the support of the National Rally with its star leader, Jordan Bardella .
Macron, who has three years left of his second presidential term, hopes voters will band together to contain the far right in national elections in a w.