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The French president, Emmanuel Macron, will be holding a press conference this morning, after a tumultuous few days in French politics.
The far-right National Rally won the European election in France by a wide margin, prompting Macron to call a snap legislative election.
The move then led politicians across the spectrum to scramble to form new alliances and prepare for the two-round vote, scheduled for 30 June and 7 July.
Yesterday, the leader of France’s mainstream right Republicans, Éric Ciotti, said he would back an alliance with the far right in the elections, shocking some political figures both inside and outside his party. His future in the party is now unclear.
French President Emmanuel Macron appears on television screen at the French far-right National Rally party election night headquarters, Sunday, June 9, in Paris. Photograph: Lewis Joly/AP
We are waiting for Emmanuel Macron’s press conference to start. Stay tuned.
He will start with an introduction, and then take questions.
The crisis inside France’s Republicans is continuing.
Many within the party were outraged when party leader Éric Ciotti backed an alliance with the far-right National Rally in the snap legislative elections later this month – and a meeting has been called to decide on whether to remove Ciotti.
More fallout in French centre-right
Vincent Jeanbrun announced he is quitting as the Republicans’ spokesperson.
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The French president, Emmanuel Macron, will be holding a press conference this morning, after a tumultuous few days in French politics.
The far-right National Rally won the European election in France by a wide margin, prompting Macron to call a snap legislative election.
The move then led politicians across the spectrum to scramble to form new alliances and prepare for the two-round vote, scheduled for 30 June and 7 July.
Yesterday, the leader of France’s mainstream right Republicans, Éric Ciotti, said he would back an alliance with the far right in the elections, shocking some political figures both inside and outside his party. His future in the party is now unclear.
French President Emmanuel Macron appears on television screen at the French far-right National Rally party election night headquarters, Sunday, June 9, in Paris. Photograph: Lewis Joly/AP
