New Delhi

French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday (June 23) vowed to "act until May 2027" no matter who wins the snap parliamentary elections scheduled for June 30 and July 7. 

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"The incoming government, which will necessarily reflect your vote, will I hope resemble the various Republicans who will have shown the courage to oppose the extremes," Macron said in an open letter published in regional papers.

The French president took Europe's capitals by surprise when he dissolved Assemblée Nationale after the far right trounced his coalition in the European Parliament elections earlier this month.

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"The goal cannot be to just continue as things were," Macron said. 

"I have heard that you want change."

"You can trust me to act until May 2027 as your president, protector at every moment of our republic, our values, respectful of pluralism and your choices, at your service and that of the nation," he added.

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He also noted "this fracture between the people and those who lead the country, which we have not succeeded in reducing."

"The goal cannot be to just continue as things were. I have heard that you want change,” he added, noting in particular his administration’s “much stronger and firmer responses" on "insecurity and impunity".

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But Macron insisted that the coming vote, with a second round on July 7, was "neither a presidential election nor a vote of confidence in the president of the republic".

Instead, it was a chance to answer "a single question: who should govern France?"

Macron also acknowledged that his decision to call the snap polls had generated for some voters "anger that has turned against me. The goal cannot be to just continue as things were. I have heard that you want change," he added, noting, in particular, his administration's "much stronger and firmer responses" on "insecurity and impunity."

(With inputs from agencies)