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00:00After deciding to dissolve the Assembly, Emmanuel Macron now faces an uphill challenge.
00:06With the far right on the rise, his Renaissance party is in dire need of better electoral support.
00:11But his Prime Minister has given little indication as to where that backing will be coming from.
00:17You need a majority. What will you do if you don't get one?
00:19We're going to work to get a majority.
00:21By reaching out to socialists and conservatives willing to?
00:24By reaching out to the French people. Their expectations and their concerns.
00:31We'll convince them that our solutions are the most coherent and most effective.
00:36That the dream sold by the far left and far right will lead us into chaos and ruin.
00:44One point was made clear though. Prime Minister Attal will be leading the campaign.
00:50Renaissance is looking to counter Marine Le Pen's popularity on the far right
00:54and fend off support for a new union between leftist parties.
01:00Amid this movement on the political spectrum, the President has pushed back his planned press conference to this Wednesday.
01:05A meeting in which he's expected to clarify his party's position
01:09and give a sense of the direction in which he wants to take France for the rest of his mandate.