French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday he recognized that his decision to call early parliamentary elections in June had created more political instability in the country, in a rare moment of regret.
The speech caps a tumultuous 2024 for Macron, who shocked the nation mid-year by calling early elections, a gamble that backfired when voters created a fragmented parliament with a huge surge in far-right lawmakers, diluting Macron’s power.
“Clarity and humility force me to recognize that, at this moment, this decision has produced more instability than peace, and I fully recognize this,” Macron said in a televised address ahead of New Year celebrations.
“The dissolution has caused more divisions in the Assembly than solutions for the French people,” he added, in the clearest mea culpa since the election.
Macron justified his decision to call early elections, after the poor result of the European elections, with the need to “clarify” the political situation.
Source: Terra
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