French President Emmanuel Macron has called for a snap election, a gamble that puts France's Parliament seats and his own presidency at risk. While Macron is betting all of his chips on this one hand, European markets (^FTSE, ^GDAXI, ^FCHI, FTSEMIB.MI, ^IBEX) are reacting negatively to this news.

Yahoo Finance's Madison Mills explains what this all means for the euro and why it should matter to Americans heading into the US presidential elections season.

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This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.