President Emmanuel Macron said 'the rise of nationalists and demagogues is a danger for our nation and for Europe.'
France's President Emmanuel Macron walks with Daniel Fasquelle , mayor of Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, on the day of the vote for the European Parliament election in Le Touquet, France, on June 9, 2024.called snap legislative elections on Sunday after his party suffered a major defeat in European Parliament contests, with Marine Le Pen’s far-right, xenophobic National Rally scoring twice the support of Macron’s Renaissance.
“After this day, I cannot go on as though nothing has happened,” said Macron, who dissolved the lower house of France’s Parliament and announced elections will be held on June 30 and July 7., Macron’s “alliance could be crushed, which would force him to appoint a prime minister from another party, such as the center-right Les Republicains or even the far-right RN, in an arrangement known as a ‘cohabitation.
“Tonight, I call on all the forces of the Radical Ecological Left that were not with us today to join us so that, while preserving our differences, we can respond to the yearning of the people of the Left and Ecology for united, militant unity on the basis of common values and a common program,” said Varoufakis.
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