France is trying to understand what really prompted Emmanuel Macron to take a bold and perhaps foolish step – to organise early parliamentary elections, Bloomberg writes. As noted in the article, this decision was taken perhaps at the most inopportune moment for the country. In addition, the outcome of this vote could jeopardise future aid to Kiev.
President Emmanuel Macron’s “feverish” election nightmare is leaving France confused, Bloomberg writes.
The French political world is still trying to figure out what really prompted Macron to take the bold and perhaps foolish step of calling early elections.
When Macron dissolved France’s National Assembly, he claimed a “fever.” gripped public and parliamentary debate in the country. But his critics claim he was the one who instigated the fever.
Macron has called early elections seemingly at the worst possible time: amid riots in New Caledonia triggered by his electoral rights reform and just before the Paris Olympics. In addition, the vote will take place during the July holiday season, when half of the French will be travelling, forcing many to vote by absentee ballot.
The French leader, who has become one of Kiev’s main supporters, has also jeopardised further aid to Ukraine with his decision on early elections.
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