“… French President Emmanuel Macron has dissolved parliament in what’s called a snap parliamentary election that will begin later this month after his centrist Renaissance party and its allies earned less than half the votes of the country’s right-wing National Rally party. Macron announced his decision late Sunday night in a televised address, saying he “cannot act as if nothing had happened.” …"
“… French President Emmanuel Macron has dissolved parliament in what’s called a snap parliamentary election that will begin later this month after his centrist Renaissance party and its allies earned less than half the votes of the country’s right-wing National Rally party. Macron announced his decision late Sunday night in a televised address, saying he “cannot act as if nothing had happened.” …"
— npr .org/2024/06/10/nx-s1-4998253/european-union-eu-parliament-elections-takeaways