#FRANCE: Pres.Macron Dissolves Parliament After Right-Leaning Party Gains In EU Election

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French President Emmanuel Macron has dissolved the French Parliament and called snap elections in the wake of European election results. Exit polls show Marine Le Pen's National Rally are set to trounce Macron's party in a historic win for the party. 

French parliamentary elections will be held on 30 June and 7 July. Right-leaning parties have also reportedly made substantial gains in Austria and Germany, exit polls say.

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#MEXICO: Voters Choose First Woman President

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Claudia Sheinbaum has been elected the first female president in Mexico’s 200-year history.

Sheinbaum, the favored successor of outgoing Pres. Andrés Manuel López Obrador, vowed to continue on the direction set by the populist leftist leader. But the cool-tempered scientist offers a sharp contrast in style — and a break with Mexico’s male-dominated political culture.

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#SOUTHAFRICA: ANC Loses Majority In Election, Must Seek Coalition

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The African National Congress (ANC) Party has lost its parliamentary majority in a historic election result that puts South Africa on a new political path for the first time since the end of the apartheid system of white minority rule 30 years ago. Now, it will have to seek coalition partners with other parties to firm a government for the first time.

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