CNN —France’s snap parliamentary election is one of the most momentous in decades, for both the country and the rest of Europe.
Politicians rarely call an election when their party trails in the polls and there is no need to do so.
Although Macron was elected to a second presidential term in 2022, his party failed to win an outright parliamentary majority.
One theory about why Macron called an election now is that France might soon have been forced to the polls anyway.
With Le Pen seeming increasingly likely to succeed him as president in 2027, this election may force her party to take up responsibility beforehand.
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