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Anger and frustration in France's overseas territories ahead of snap polls

French President Emmanuel Macron speaks with vendors selling cod accras at the Cayenne fish market as part of a two-day visit to the French overseas department of Guiana, on 25 March, 2024. AFP - LUDOVIC MARIN

President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to call snap legislative elections has provoked frustration in French overseas territories, where the short timeframe to organise the polls has been challenged at the Constitutional Council. There is also anger over the fact that key parliamentary projects for overseas France have come to a standstill.

Macron's decision to dissolve the National Assembly has disrupted the country's political landscape, leaving parties scrambling to prepare for the first round of legislative elections on 30 June.

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