French President Emmanuel #Macron’s call for new legislative #elections after announcing the breakup of the French #Parliament caught members of the National Rally unsuspected, FRANCE 24’s Claire Paccalin said, reporting from party headquarters.
The big news tonight may be the political drama in #France, but it's important to note that according to exit polls, what happened in France has not happened at pan-European level
"If you just woke up, you probably saw that the National Rally, the “populist-right” party led by Marine Le Pen, won a smashing victory in elections to the European Parliament, which most observers expected, and that in response, Emmanuel Macron decided to call snap legislative elections, which almost no observers expected. What does it mean?"
"French President Emmanuel Macron said Sunday he was dissolving the National Assembly and calling a snap legislative election after his party suffered a heavy defeat in elections for the European Parliament."
CBS News reports: "The move comes as the first projected results from France on Sunday put the far-right National Rally party of Marine Le Pen well ahead in the European Union's parliamentary election, defeating Macron's pro-European centrists."
String of mysterious attacks across Europe opens new front in Russia's war on the West.
Intelligence agencies warn Kremlin plotting acts of sabotage❗
Allies are slowly starting to wake up to the military threat to the Baltics, Poland etc if russia is allowed to win it's illegal war of aggression, genocide of Ukrainians.
They're not taking the hybrid aspects of the war seriously - jamming, cyber-attacks, espionage & infiltrating governments to undermine democracy. See the US republicans infiltrated and controlled by Putin.
Putin is working to soften up our institutions, disrupt our coordination to make later military confrontation easier if needed.
If they can weaken our resolve and make a few states satellites, that's a major victory for the war criminal Putin.
We have to take this seriously and act decisively.
French 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. #AureFreePress#News#press#headline#France
> Une annonce qui a fait grand bruit et beaucoup refusent encore d’y croire “On exagère beaucoup mais il n’y aura que peu ou pas de conséquences” affirme un expert recherchant frénétiquement le premier vol pour l’Angleterre.
The eagerly awaited Ipsos survey on the composition of the voters has been published. Different to former elections, voters of the far-right can be found now in all ages and classes.
"...In a high-risk political gamble, less than two months before #Paris hosts the #Olympics, he said lower house elections would be called for June 30, with a second-round vote on July 7..."
Parties which often express pro-Russian narratives and oppose #Ukraine aid gained last night as voters returned their verdicts, winning approximately 150 of 720 seats in the parliament.
#lepen far-right #NationalRally party, now led by #jordanbardella won a landslide victory, garnering more than a 1/3 of the vote. The #French president's party came in second with 15 percent of the total vote.
Drag Race France [S3E01 - Voulez-Vous Drag Race Avec Moi Ce Soir?] Post-episode discussion thread
It’s the first day back in the French Werk Room! Ten fierce queens perform a cabaret number after writing the lyrics.