Snap Election in France Sets Off a Wild Week of Politics
Briefly

In the days since President Macron dissolved the lower house of Parliament, French politics have felt like a television drama on overdrive, with parties scrambling to forge alliances and align candidates for the upcoming snap elections.
Macron's decision to call snap elections following his party's poor performance in European parliamentary elections has bewildered voters and forced political parties to confront internal divisions, leading to implosion on the right and rare unity on the left.
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