National Rally president Jordan Bardella, whose party is leading in the polls, said the former should make the decision if it forms a government, and not Macron at this period

Le Pen led nationalist and anti-migration National Rally is expected to come in first by a wide margin in Sunday's European Parliament election

Macron allegedly sought increased military support for Ukraine, including weaponry and Western troop deployment for training in Western Ukraine, a request declined by Mitsotakis.