Macron calls for shock election in France 

In a shock move, French President Emmanuel Macron on June 9 said he would dissolve parliament and call new legislative elections later this month after he was trounced in European elections by Marine Le Pen's far-right party. READ MORE: str.sg/Chmd
Eurosceptic nationalists made the biggest gains in European Parliament elections in the Sunday vote while the Greens and liberals lost ground, an aggregated exit poll showed.
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