French President Emmanuel Macron asked on Wednesday, June 12, for backing from all those "able to say no to extremes" in snap elections he called after his governing coalition suffered a heavy defeat in the EU elections.

"I hope that when the time comes, men and women of goodwill who will have been able to say no to the extremes will come together... will put themselves in a position to build a shared, sincere project that is useful to the country," Macron told journalists in a speech ahead of a press conference in Paris.

Le Monde with AFP