The French president, who has three years left of his second term, also dismissed what he said were "absurd" rumours about his possible resignation if the far-right National Rally of Marine Le Pen wins in the legislative election scheduled for 30 June and 7 July.
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00:00French President Emmanuel Macron called for the creation of wide coalition of political
00:04forces to defeat the extremes in the upcoming parliamentary elections.
00:09He addressed French voters for the first time since he called for a snap election following
00:13his party's defeat in the parliamentary vote.
00:16Non, elle est à l'avant-garde.
00:46L'enjeu de ces élections législatives, c'est de rassembler une majorité d'hommes
01:14et de femmes politiques engagées pour redresser notre pays et pour mettre fin à la situation
01:20de désordre sécuritaire, migratoire et budgétaire dans laquelle nous fait plonger
01:23Emmanuel Macron.
01:24Potential alliances and France's two-round voting system in national elections make the
01:29outcome of the vote highly uncertain.
01:31Opposition parties on the left and right have been scrambling to form alliances and field
01:36candidates in the early legislative balloting that will take place on June 30 and July 7.
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