“President Emmanuel Macron has called snap parliamentary elections later this month in the wake of a big victory for his rival Marine Le Pen’s National Rally in the European Parliament vote.
“The far-right party is on course to win 32% of the vote, exit polls say, more than twice that of the president’s Renaissance party.
“Announcing the dissolution of parliament, he said the two rounds of voting would take place on 30 June and 7 July, a few weeks before the Paris Olympics.”
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