Opinion polls suggest Mr Macron's centrist alliance faces an even greater rejection than Rishi Sunak is forecast to endure in next month's general election.
President Emmanuel Macron risks plunging France into chaos as his decision to call a snap election threatens to boost his hard-Right opponents, predecessor Nicolas Sarkozy warned Sunday.
Opinion polls suggest Mr Macron's centrist alliance faces an even greater rejection than Rishi Sunak is forecast to endure in next month's general election. Macron at a summit on peace in Ukraine in SwitzerlandRead More Police fire tear gas into crowds across France as hundreds of thousands mass to protest far-right Now Mr Sarkozy, who was conservative president from 2007 to 2012 and is on friendly terms with Mr Macron, has warned his gamble could backfire spectacularly.
But a victory for the National Rally in the elections - to be held in two rounds on June 30 and July 7 - could put its 28-year-old party leader Jordan Bardella on track to become the next prime minister, threatening a damaging clash with the moderate, pro-business president. People raise their fist as they attend a demonstration against the French far-right ahead of early legislative elections in Paris
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