On 9 June 2024, following a defeat in the 2024 European Parliament Elections, President Emmanuel Macron dissolved the National Assembly, as per article 12 of the Constitution of the Fifth French Republic,[r] and called for snap elections on 30 June (1st round) and 7 July (2nd round).

[1] For the first time since the 1988 legislative election, the incumbent President of France failed to earn a parliamentary majority in the National Assembly.

[2][3] Both the outgoing President of the National Assembly Richard Ferrand and leader of the La République En Marche!

[4][5] The position of Élisabeth Borne as Prime Minister was put into question following the election result.

[7] On 28 June 2022, Yaël Braun-Pivet was elected to succeed Ferrand as President of the National Assembly.