<p>Paris: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/world/macron-calls-shock-french-elections-after-far-right-rout-3059645">Dissolving the French parliament</a> and announcing a snap election was the only possible response to the far right's strong showing in last weekend's European elections, French President <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/emmanuel-macron">Emmanuel Macron</a> said on Wednesday.</p>.Emmanuel Macron’s dangerous bid to unmask Marine Le Pen.<p>"Returning to the sovereign people is, in my opinion, the only republican decision in this context," Macron told a press conference.</p><p>Macron called for a snap parliamentary election on Sunday after France's far right pummelled his own party in the EU parliament election.</p>
<p>Paris: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/world/macron-calls-shock-french-elections-after-far-right-rout-3059645">Dissolving the French parliament</a> and announcing a snap election was the only possible response to the far right's strong showing in last weekend's European elections, French President <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/emmanuel-macron">Emmanuel Macron</a> said on Wednesday.</p>.Emmanuel Macron’s dangerous bid to unmask Marine Le Pen.<p>"Returning to the sovereign people is, in my opinion, the only republican decision in this context," Macron told a press conference.</p><p>Macron called for a snap parliamentary election on Sunday after France's far right pummelled his own party in the EU parliament election.</p>