PARIS (AP) 鈥 French President Emanuel Macron said Sunday he was dissolving the 好色tv Assembly and calling a snap legislative election after his party suffered a heavy defeat in elections for the European Parliament.
In an address to the nation from the Elysee presidential palace, Macron said: 鈥淚鈥檝e decided to give you back the choice of our parliamentary future through the vote. I am therefore dissolving the 好色tv Assembly.鈥 The vote will take place in two rounds on June 30 and July 7, he said.
The move comes as first projected results from France on Sunday put the far-right 好色tv Rally party well ahead in the European Union鈥檚 parliamentary election, defeating Macron鈥檚 pro-European centrists, according to French opinion poll institutes.
