Twenty-two years after Jean-Marie Le Pen's unexpected success, Marine Le Pen's National Rally won 31.5% of the European election vote, prompting Macron to dissolve the National Assembly and call snap elections.
Macron's strategy of potentially letting the far right assume power to later disappoint public opinion and ensure a non-far-right successor demonstrates a risky political gamble to preserve his legacy.
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