French snap-election call 'extremely unsettling' ahead of Olympics, Paris mayor says

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo on Monday described the prospect of French parliamentary elections just weeks before the start of the Paris Olympics as "extremely unsettling", while the International Olympic Committee played down any direct impact on the event. 

"Like a lot of people I was stunned to hear the president decide to do a dissolution (of parliament)," Hidalgo said of Emmanuel Macron's decision to call snap parliamentary elections on Sunday.