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live from London my name's Paul Henley first today the French president has said he's confident voters will make what he calls the right choice in snap elections he's called

It follows a win in European elections on Sunday by the far right national rally led by

Marin le Penh. It far outpold Mr Macron's centrist alliance and got the biggest

share of the vote.

Emmanuel Macron's surprise move came after mainstream centrist parties kept an overall

majority in the European Parliament, but the far right had a string of high-profile

wins in Italy, Austria and France. We'll talk about the impact

of those shortly but in France first analysts say Mr Macron has taken a

risky gamble in dissolving the national parliament to try to keep the national

rally out of power before his second term ends in 2027.

So just as France prepares to host the Olympics, voters will be invited back to the polls in two rounds

of parliamentary votes starting at the end of this month.

Bruno Goulnish is a member of the National Council of Marine Le Pen's National Rally, he explained why he welcomed

Mr Macron's decision.

There is an obvious discontent with Mr Macron's policy and the fact that his party got only 15% indicates very clearly that there is a lack of confidence in the country. We do think that this solution was necessary to give a voice

to the majority of the country. We are not other confident, but we continue to struggle.

There is an increasing number of people in France

who come to realize that you are not

a political party just for protest or things like that. The problems that we are

dealing with are the real problems of the country. They require rapid and firm decisions to be taken. Not only do we put forward the good questions, but we also have maybe some answers.

Bruno Gulnish of the National Rally in France.

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