French President Emmanuel Macron admitted that his decision to dissolve parliament last summer had backfired, leading to more division and political turmoil, while he called for greater unity to meet the nation’s challenges.

French President Emmanuel Macron acknowledged Tuesday in his New Year’s address to the nation that his decision to dissolve parliament, casting France into a political crisis, backfired. “I must recognize tonight that the dissolution has,

The President of France, Emmanuel Macron, admitted that his decision to dissolve the parliament increased divisions in the National Assembly. In his New Year's address, he took full responsibility for it.