Round #1 of French Elections Today – White House Concerned Macron’s Call for Snap Election Will Backfire

By Sundance

French voters will go to the polls today for the first round of a national election. Voters will be choosing 577 members of the National Assembly, the lower house of parliament, in two rounds. The first round is today, the second round narrowed to the top vote receivers will be on July 7.

This snap election was called by President Emmanuel Macron after h…