French President Emmanuel Macron ruled out on Wednesday the possibility of resigning and asserted he doesn't "want to give the keys to power to the far right in 2027."
Macron dissolved the parliament and called a snap election after his party suffered a defeat in European elections over the weekend.
At a press conference today, the French president insisted he will not campaign in the upcoming legislative elections. "The president sets a direction, but I will not campaign," he stressed. He also slammed the leader of the conservative Les Republicains, Eric Ciotti, over readiness to join forces with Marine Le Pen's National Rally. "Since Sunday evening, the masks are falling, and there's a battle between those who are looking for election gains and those who are fighting for France," he claimed.
