A desperate Macron stands alone in the political center

Published June 25, 2024 3:41pm ET



French President Emmanuel Macron is finding himself increasingly isolated in the political arena as voters abandon his centrist political party ahead of snap parliamentary elections in France.

In a desperate bid for relevance just days before voters go to the polls for the first round of elections Sunday, Macron proclaimed that if either the far-left France Unbowed or the far-right National Rally secured a majority in parliament, it could lead to “civil war.”

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