'By dissolving the assembly in the current climate, Macron has offered the extreme right an unprecedented opportunity to increase its grip on parliament and, potentially, to govern France. In doing so he is deliberately playing with our lives. Many of us – women, people of colour, LGBTQIA+ people, Jews, Muslims, minorities – know how concrete and violent the consequences of such an election could be.'
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/19/macron-gamble-fate-french-people-far-right