Given what we know about Emmanuel Macron’s nutritional habits, we can’t blame his June 9 call for a snap legislative election on a breakfast of Four Loko and MDMA.
But the timing, an hour after his party had taken a beating in the European parliamentary elections, suggests both overstimulation and hallucination. Macron left just seven days for the entire French political landscape to recompose itself and propose candidates, and three weeks to unfurl the full campaign. (France holds elections in two rounds: the first, wider contest is held on June 30, and the runoff on July 7.)
