French parties unite to keep far-right from power but is it too little, too late ?
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Let democracy take its course. The people have spoken. Forget the political fanagling to ensure only the far left achieves power.
I gather playing political game such as forming
an anti-far-right coalition can be said to be a part
of democracy.
an anti-far-right coalition can be said to be a part
of democracy.
This is always a part of French multi-stage electoral voting and probably what Macron was counting on when he called the election.
1st round results
RN (National Rally-right wing) 33.2%
New Popular Front (left coalition) 28.1%
Ensemble (centrists) 21.3%
Republicans (right) 10.2%
Other 7.2% (About 4.5% of the other are miscellaneous centre and left wing candidates. 1.2% are far right nationalists and sovereigntists. The other 1.5% are regional/unknown.)
311 of the 577 constituencies are going to 2nd round runoff because the winning candidate didn't get at least 50% plus one. This round you will see some strategic voting. While interesting, this political system leads to fractious coalition alliances that are unsteady.
RN (National Rally-right wing) 33.2%
New Popular Front (left coalition) 28.1%
Ensemble (centrists) 21.3%
Republicans (right) 10.2%
Other 7.2% (About 4.5% of the other are miscellaneous centre and left wing candidates. 1.2% are far right nationalists and sovereigntists. The other 1.5% are regional/unknown.)
311 of the 577 constituencies are going to 2nd round runoff because the winning candidate didn't get at least 50% plus one. This round you will see some strategic voting. While interesting, this political system leads to fractious coalition alliances that are unsteady.
How Macron Lost France to the Extremes
He ran France like a tech bro excited to break things, rather than a political leader who made voters feel part of a collective project.
By Rachel Donadio
JULY 5, 2024
One short month ago, France seemed like a relatively stable Western democracy whose president, Emmanuel Macron, may have been losing altitude but was at least expected to serve out his mandate until 2027. Then, in June, he shocked the country and most of his own cabinet by calling snap elections. Now the far right is on the brink of power in France for the first time since World War II: One in three French voters last Sunday chose Marine Le Pen’s National Rally, an animated leftist coalition is trailing not far behind, and Macron’s political center has collapsed.
What just happened here? And what will happen next? Polls project that the National Rally and its allies will either win an outright full majority in the second and final round of the vote, on July 7, or, more likely, there will be a hung Parliament, split between far-right and leftist blocs, which will be virtually unable to govern. Either scenario would be an earthquake in hierarchical France, where much of the economy and social cohesion—fraternité—depends on the government. A volatile period is sure to follow.
Paris is to France as Washington, New York, and Hollywood combined are to the United States—and tout Paris has been in stunned shock and full of dread since June 9, when Macron announced his dramatic choice to dissolve the National Assembly and call legislative elections following his party’s disastrous showing in elections for the European Parliament. Two days later, the singer Françoise Hardy died, and the airwaves were filled with her mellifluous, sexy voice singing “Le temps de l’amour,” now the soundtrack to an epochal political reckoning.
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www.theatlantic.com
He ran France like a tech bro excited to break things, rather than a political leader who made voters feel part of a collective project.
By Rachel Donadio
JULY 5, 2024
One short month ago, France seemed like a relatively stable Western democracy whose president, Emmanuel Macron, may have been losing altitude but was at least expected to serve out his mandate until 2027. Then, in June, he shocked the country and most of his own cabinet by calling snap elections. Now the far right is on the brink of power in France for the first time since World War II: One in three French voters last Sunday chose Marine Le Pen’s National Rally, an animated leftist coalition is trailing not far behind, and Macron’s political center has collapsed.
What just happened here? And what will happen next? Polls project that the National Rally and its allies will either win an outright full majority in the second and final round of the vote, on July 7, or, more likely, there will be a hung Parliament, split between far-right and leftist blocs, which will be virtually unable to govern. Either scenario would be an earthquake in hierarchical France, where much of the economy and social cohesion—fraternité—depends on the government. A volatile period is sure to follow.
Paris is to France as Washington, New York, and Hollywood combined are to the United States—and tout Paris has been in stunned shock and full of dread since June 9, when Macron announced his dramatic choice to dissolve the National Assembly and call legislative elections following his party’s disastrous showing in elections for the European Parliament. Two days later, the singer Françoise Hardy died, and the airwaves were filled with her mellifluous, sexy voice singing “Le temps de l’amour,” now the soundtrack to an epochal political reckoning.
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How Macron Lost France to the Extremes
He ran France like a tech bro excited to break things, rather than a political leader who made voters feel part of a collective project.
www.theatlantic.com
It will actually make them look bad...will make them look desperate...their problem is within their ranks...not the voters... Same as the conservatives in UK....same as the Dems in the US, same as the Liberals in Canada... Oppositions gain traction when the ruling party shits the bed...
