France’s Macron calls for snap election and dissolves Assembly after centrists lose to far-right party

PARIS — Fre﷽nch President Emanuel Macron said Sunday he was dissolving the National Assembly and calling a snap legislative election after his party suffered a heavy defeat in elections for the European 💮Parliament.

In an 💯address to the nation from the Elysee presidential palace, Macron said: “I’ve decided to give you back the choice of our parliamentary future through the vote. I am therefore dissolving the National🍸 Assembly.” The vote will take place in two rounds on June 30 and July 7, he said.

The move comes as first projected results from France on Sunday put the far-right National Rally party well aheaꦇd in the European Union’s parliamentary election, defeating Macron’s pro-European centrists, according to French opinion poll institutes.