Macron dissolves national assembly for snap poll after EU election results

The French president, Emmanuel Macron, said he would dissolve France’s parliament and call new legislative elections after his centrist list was beaten in EU elections by Marine Le Pen’s far-right party. ‘I cannot pretend as if nothing happened,’ said Macron, acknowledging the results were a disaster for his government.
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