Macron says the French will 'make the right choice' in snap polls
France 's President Emmanuel Macron gestures outside a polling station after voting for the European Parliament election in Le Touquet, northern France on 9 June 2024.
President Emmanuel Macron said Monday he was confident the French would make the right choice in snap elections he called after his centrist alliance was beaten by the far right in EU elections. The presidential camp now just has three weeks to make up ground on the RN in a short but intense burst of campaigning before France hosts the Paris Olympics in July and August.
A middle scenario, analysts say, would be an anti-extremism coalition between Macron's centrists and the traditional right-wing Republicans or even left-wing Socialists.Celine Bracq, director general of the Odoxa polling agency, described Macron's announcement as a"poker move" at a time when there is a"strong desire on the part of the French to punish the president"."It's something extremely risky," she told AFP.
He said the party would not challenge outgoing MPs from the traditional left and right for their seats if they were prepared to"invest in a clear project" around the presidential majority.
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