French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday he recognised that his decision to call early parliamentary elections in June had created more political instability in the country, in a rare moment of contrition.

Mr Macron lost his workable majority after voters delivered a hung parliament in June. Read more at straitstimes.com.

French President Emmanuel Macron has acknowledged in his New Year's address to the nation that his decision to dissolve parliament, casting France into a political crisis, backfired.

France’s President Emmanuel Macron admitted that his decision to hold parliamentary elections early caused instability in New Years Eve comments. “Lucidity and humility force (me) to recognise that at this stage,