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Newshour: 10/06/2024 20:06 GMT: Macron snap election leaves rivals stunned after EU vote

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Macron snap election leaves rivals stunned after EU vote

10/06/2024 20:06 GMT

10/06/2024 20:06 GMT: Macron snap election leaves rivals stunned after EU vote

BBC World Service - Newshour, Macron snap election leaves rivals stunned after EU vote

Marine Le Pen's National Rally set to trounce Emmanuel Macron's party in a historic win

Following results in the European elections, the French President has dissolved the country's parliament.

France's political leaders are scrambling to prepare for snap elections after President Emmanuel Macron dissolved parliament in response to a stinging European vote defeat by the far-right National Rally. These snap legislative elections could be a turning point for Macron's presidency. If the RN wins an absolute majority of seats in the National Assembly, it could provide France's next prime minister.
 
Also in the programme: a military aircraft in Malawi carrying the country's vice president has been reported missing; and wildfires are raging across the world's largest tropical wetland: the Pantanal, in Brazil.

(Photo: Emmanuel Macron after voting in European Elections Credit: Hannah McKay/POOL/EPA-EFE/REX/SHUTTERSTOCK)

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