Macron urges French to make 'right choice' in election gamble

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PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday (June 10) that he was confident French voters would make the "right choice" in snap elections he called after the far right cr

European elections: leading French parties by commune LinkedInHis surprise move came after mainstream centrist parties kept an overall majority in the European Parliament in Sunday's elections, but the far right notched up a string of high-profile victories in Italy, Austria and France .

"I am confident in the capacity of the French people to make the right choice for themselves and for future generations," Macron wrote on X on Monday. He was seen shaking hands with Karin Eideloth, a descendant of Adolf Heinrich, one of the perpetrators of the massacre at the southwestern French village of Oradour-sur-Glane.Steinmeier said:"Let us never forget the damage done in Europe by nationalism and hate."Lower-house speaker Yael Braun-Pivet, a senior figure within Macron's party, indicated that forming a coalition with other parties could have been a better"path".

But some fear the anti-immigration RN could instead win, forcing Macron to work in an uncomfortable coalition with a far-right prime minister.

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