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Preview: What will Macron's snap election bring?
The French electorate will take to the polls on Sunday after incumbent President Emmanuel Macron stunned the country by calling snap legislative elections for June 30, with a second round on July 7, following the far-right National Rally's (RN) overwhelming victory in the European Parliament elections. But what does this move from Macron mean for the future of politics in France? France will vote to send 577 representatives to the National Assembly, the lower house of the French parliament, after which Macron will appoint a prime minister to lead the government. By convention, the prime minister is appointed from the ... (full story)