The president of France, Emmanuel Macronhas announced the dissolution of the French Assembly and the advancement of the call for legislative elections after knowing the provisional results of the European elections in the country, with the extreme right of Marine Le Pen as a clear winner.

According to the polls after the polling stations were closed in France, Le Pen’s party, Rassemblement Nationalwould double the percentage of the vote obtained by Macron’s party, Kiss of Europewith 31.5% of the vote compared to 15.2%.

In a public appearance after knowing the results, Macron acknowledged that we cannot act “as if nothing had happened.” “For this reason, after having carried out the consultations provided for in article 12 of our Constitution, I have decided to once again give you the possibility of choosing our future parliamentarian by voting,” he said.

Thus, the legislative elections will be held on June 30th for the first round and the July 7th for the second round. “The rise of the nationalists, of the demagoguesis a danger for our nation, but also for our Europe and for France’s place in Europe and in the world,” Macron warned.

The French National Assembly is made up of 577 deputies, in which there is a relative majority of Macron and his allies, with the National Rally as the opposition. A hypothetical victory of the National Rally could condition the election of the prime minister, currently the Macronist Gabriel Attal, and could force Macron to cohabit with a Government of a different political color than his own. Macron’s term ends in 2027.

The second round of the elections will take place less than three weeks before the start of the elections. Paris Olympic Games (July 26), an election that will come just two years after those of June 2022, in which Macron’s party lost the absolute majority it had had in the 2017-22 legislature.

Réveiller l’Europe, which includes the Socialist Party, would remain close to Macron’s party, remaining at 14% of the vote. The participation rate, at 52.5%, would be the highest for 20 years for European women in France. If this result is confirmed, Rassemblement National would achieve the best results in France in European competitions for 40 years.

“Emmanuel Macron is today a weakened president“, assured the head of the Rassemblement National list, Jordan Bardella, after knowing the data from the polls.