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The original was posted on /r/worldnews by /u/enkrstic on 2024-06-09 19:23:47+00:00.
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PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron dissolved parliament and called a fresh election on Sunday, following his party’s crushing defeat at the hands of far-right candidates in the European Union election.
The National Rally’s share of the vote eclipsed the total for the second and third largest parties combined — with the center-left social democrats earning around 14 percent, according to early exit polls.
The decision to dissolve the National Assembly was met with disbelief by Macron’s supporters, with several people screaming “Oh no” as he spoke to a crowd in a televised address from his party headquarters in Paris.
“I can only welcome this decision, which is in line with the logic and architecture of the Fifth Republic,” Le Pen said to ecstatic followers.
She said the result of the EU election should send a message to Brussels and “put an end to this painful epoch of globalism.”
She spoke on stage next to the National Rally’s lead candidate for the EU election, Jordan Bardella.
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