After months of bickering inside his three-way coalition with the Greens and the pro-business Free Democrats, Germany's Olaf Scholz fired his finance minister last week.

Canada has recently tightened its immigration policies by issuing fewer visas and increasing requirements for foreign worker programs, amid political debate and criticism over housing shortages and high prices.

With his decision to dissolve the National Assembly, Macron risks losing the majority in the chamber and allowing the far-right to formulate a government after the elections.