The office of French president Emmanuel Macron denied information that he plans to call the elections to Snap later this year.
In an article on X Wednesday afternoon, the Élysée Palace denied suggestion – reported for the first time by Bloomberg on Tuesday – that a vote could take place in the fall.
“The Presidency of the Republic denies it, as it has already done before the publication of the article,” wrote Elysée's official account on X in reference to the history of Bloomberg.
However, the message did not directly deal with Bloomberg's assertion that Macron and his inner circle recently discussed the possibility of an early vote.
The denial of the presidential office comes when Macron's popularity at home has increased in recent weeks. Surveys show that his popularity has almost rebounded at the support levels he appreciated before calling a disastrous Snap election last year.
During the anticipated vote last July, Macron, who lost the outright majority in 2022, failed in his bet to stop the momentum of the extreme right.
The new popular popular alliance of the popular left won 182 of the 577 seats of the National Assembly, beating the coalition (ensemble) of Macron's Centrist together (ensemble), which obtained 168. The far -right national rally arrived third with 143 seats.
Since then, the divided parliament of the country has been assailed by political unrest, François Bayrou becoming the fourth French Prime Minister of 2024 when he took office in December.
Macron, whose last mandate ends in 2027, said before that he would avoid another gap bulletin before leaving his duties.
Last month, Macron's rival, Marine Le Pen, and 24 of her far -right national colleagues were found guilty of EU’s embezzlement to pay party staff.
Consequently, the Pen was immediately forbidden to seek political functions for five years. However, a French court said that it would be likely to rule on its appeal by mid-2010, paving the way for its presidential candidacy if it is authorized.
