Panic as Macron's 'Suicidal' Snap Election Paves Way for French Populists
Allies of French President Emmanuel Macron have reportedly dubbed his deicision to call for a snap election "suicidal".
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Allies of French President Emmanuel Macron have reportedly dubbed his deicision to call for a snap election "suicidal".
After a humiliating defeat at the hands of Le Pen’s National Rally, France’s president is now making a high-risk roll of the dice.
French President Emmanuel Macron mentioned the word "paradigm" roughly 20 times in a speech pushing for more European integration Thursday."We have a rendezvous with history — Europe could die," Macron warned, standing in front of hundreds of listeners in the amphitheater of the Paris Sorbonne, one of Europe's oldest u
French President Emmanuel Macron has called for a paradigm shift in a Paris speech on European integration. That might not necessarily inspire voters at home. DW's Lisa Louis reports from Paris.
Emmanuel Macron was a virtual political unknown when he came to power as an “extreme centrist” whose “neither Left nor Right” stance was designed to keep political extremes out of power.