French President Emmanuel Macron called on Wednesday for the creation of wide coalition of political forces to defeat “the extremes” in the upcoming parliamentary elections. Macron was addressing French voters for the first time since he called for a snap national election following a crushing defeat of his party by the far right in the European parliamentary vote.

France’s Macron claims snap election call a ‘show of confidence in our people’

French President Emmanuel Macron called on Wednesday for the creation of wide coalition of political forces to defeat “the extremes” in the upcoming parliamentary elections. Macron was addressing French voters for the first time since he called for a snap national election following a crushing defeat of his party by the far right in the European parliamentary vote.