No surprises in France, if only for the result. It is common for voters to use the European elections to sanction whoever is in power: Le Pen’s people already won the European elections in 2014 and 2019. In no case, however, with such a margin. And this is what has set off all the alarms in the Elysée and hastily prepared a speech by the president announcing the dissolution of the National Assembly and the calling of early legislative elections on June 30, in the first round, and on July 7, in second. “I cannot act as if nothing had happened,” Macron stated and added after the deblace: “The rise of nationalists and demagogues is a danger for our nation, and for Europe.” A decision also applauded by the French left.
Source: www.elperiodico.com
