France's Emmanuel Macron plays Russian roulette, calls election for three weeks time

Macron made the bombshell announcement after his party was trounced by Marine Le Pen's Rassemblement National in the European elections.

As far as political gambles go this is the equivalent of Russian roulette from Emmanuel Macron.

As the results of the European elections came in on Sunday night they confirmed the French President’s worst fears.

Early counts showed Marine Le Pen’s National Rally (RN) party emerging on top with 31.5 per cent – more than double the vote of Emanuel Macron’s …