10 Jun 2024

Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney

From Nine To Noon, 9:50 am on 10 June 2024
French President Emmanuel Macron pictured outside of Élysée Palace on 13 December, 2023.

Emmanuel Macron. Photo: Xose Bouzas / Hans Lucas via AFP

French President Emmanuel Macron has called a snap election, following the performance of the far-right National Rally in the European elections. 

The security of EU leaders is again under the spotlight after an assault against the Danish Prime Minister in the street. 

And the wife of British TV presenter Michael Mosley has paid tribute to her husband after his death on a Greek island, saying it's devastating to have lost a "wonderful, kind, brilliant husband".