France: Macron Dissolves Assembly, Calls Snap Election Amid Far-Right Surge

By Laurent Geslin and Théo Bourgery-Gonse

(EurActiv) -- French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Sunday (9 June) he would dissolve the National Assembly and call snap legislative elections as the far-right nationalists triumphed in the European elections with 32.3% of the vote, against 15.2% for Macron’s Besoin...