French President Emmanuel Macron said that he will not resign if his party achieves poor results in the country’s early parliamentary elections scheduled for the end of this month, and he appealed to voters not to surrender to “pressure from extremists.”
The value of French bonds fell yesterday, Tuesday, following a report that the president discussed the possibility of resigning from his position if he suffered a second major defeat in a row, while investors were overwhelmed by tension over a possible takeover of Parliament by the far-right National Rally party, led by Marine Le Pen. , according to Bloomberg News Agency.
The French President said in a press conference in which he reviewed an electoral program that had been prepared in a hurry, “I will refute this false report.” “It’s absurd.” The 46-year-old president surprised investors last Sunday evening, when he dissolved the National Assembly in response to a crushing defeat by Ban in the European Parliament elections. The vote puts France’s European partners at risk of Le Pen’s party taking control of Parliament for the first time, which would threaten Macron’s approach to the Ukraine war and his efforts to curb the budget deficit, while resonating in Europe’s relations with China and the United States in the face of a possible return of Donald Trump. Trump to the White House.
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