Macron calls snap French election and Belgian PM to resign after disastrous election results

French President Emmanuel Macron has called a snap election after his party suffered calamitous results in EU elections - while in Belgium, poor general election results have led to its prime minister pledging his resignation.

Marine Le Pen's hard right National Rally party won about 32% of the European Parliament vote in France - a 10 point increase on the last election in 2019.


It is more than double the 15% taken by Mr Macron's centrist, pro-European Renaissance party, according...

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