What the election results mean for Macron, France and the EU | DW News

[@mkvenner2]

France was never governable to begin with.

[@nulnoh219]

It's the 5th republic. Their 5th attempt at this. I think the 6th is not long.

[@lepetitroquet9410]

@@nulnoh219 They could also follow the US example and start a return to monarchy ^^.

[@BornKafir]

​@@nulnoh219They learn from their mistakes. They try new things when old stops working. They made a lot of mistakes and amends. Their citizens actually get out, protest, and try to hold their politicians accountable. France's 6th republic, if it happens, will continue to be a better place for a common person than a wokeistani subservient and weak country like Canada.

[@objectdefiance4027]

​@@BornKafir The main proponents of a sixth republic in France are the type of people you would call woke so cope.

[@volkerengels5298]

...as you like us to belief your opinion is.

[@stephenbailey9969]

Compromise is the nature of a democracy. France's kings are gone.

[@Robert-xy4xi]

Was not a surprise, this normally happens during the second round voting. The far left despise Macron, to!

[@simulationkoyo]

they are more reasonable and less childish than the far right though.

[@ChandranPrema123]

Yet somehow Centrists support Communists?😅

[@maryannklein2235]

And each other!!!

[@mercedessl8718]

Please use the correct spelling in order to make your comment make sense

[@Вивсівідстій]

Marcon belongs in jail.

[@syedgilani7108]

Well it doesnt mean the right wing isnt on the rise just because they came 3rd

[@ClydeBreeze_994]

They got 3 million more votes than the other parties. They're definitely on the rise, but the other two parties teamed up togheter to prevent their victory!

[@nitinpatel1039]

They won popular vote with over 10 million votes it is political gimmick which denied them power

[@timloo6191]

Simply can't......biggest winner is Emmanuel Macron

[@JNH1960]

They won the most votes

[@BornKafir]

The problem is the far right, not normal right wingers. They keep showing their bigotry and normal people don't support it. Only reason far-right will win is when Left and Centre liberals fail the populace and they don't see any hope. That's the only way normal people will vote for far-right en-mass. Look at history and what was going on right before far-right fascists win in certain countries. Left brought us all the progress we have today. Far-Left is as evil as the far-right. Liberals and normal Left is what most people support. When they fail to deliver is when citizens look elsewhere such as far-right or far-left.

[@JeremAl]

The NFP program is funded by taxing the rich! (She was asking)

[@jonncockrell3606]

Lots of whining by the right. Whatever you call yourselves. You lost.

[@nikolasmaes99]

this french woman getting dubbed by indian woman is quite hysterical 🤣

[@CanonessEllinor]

Giving a right-wing nationalist a foreign accent has a certain je ne sais quoi~

[@tobia5267]

I actually liked her voice :)

[@nikolasmaes99]

@@CanonessEllinor lol

[@mradventurer8104]

Not dubbed, just Indian accent lady speaking about french elections.

[@nikolasmaes99]

​@@mradventurer8104Yeah at three minutes we got an Indian reporter. But at two minutes madame right got dubbed. It's quite magical. She probably wouldn't have partaken in the interview is she'd have known. Gute Arbeit DW.

[@lex61425]

It seemed Palestinians were celebrating more than the native French. Did they get to vote?

[@Thedrunkenswede1337]

Yes

[@duncan.o-vic]

only if they're French

[@LightForxes]

@@duncan.o-vic theyre not

[@Thedrunkenswede1337]

@@duncan.o-vic they are not French and will never be French lol.

[@duncan.o-vic]

@@Thedrunkenswede1337 if they're not, they did not vote.

[@brankojelenek4447]

In the first round French gave LR over 50% win = over 289 representatives. In the second round French gave LR win of 143 representatives (still higher than any other single party). Only loosers are some disshonest people that call LR „far right“ but not „right“.

[@DolphinWithIgloo-fg3ow]

More Palestinian flags than French flags.

[@MaxHohenstaufen]

You seem bothered. Are you even french?

[@burns281981]

You can tell this is a bot comment because they don't bother referencing any details, any information. Just here's a lie, in poor English, source is my mom.

[@DolphinWithIgloo-fg3ow]

@@burns281981 LGBTQIA+ for Palestine

[@burns281981]

@@DolphinWithIgloo-fg3ow see I said "do you got any actual details bot." You reply with a one liner which in your post history you have used over a dozen times. Now do you understand why I call you a bot?

[@CodeLife_12]

It's fashionable nowadays. In a year or two people will have moved on to the "next big thing". This is how social media grievances work.

[@cofa4011]

Sorrry DW, wrong analysis by your journalists and correspondants...

[@catalina5382]

Agree, Macron's political gamble absolutely paned out. They see this from the perspective of Macron's party but he is France's president and as president he puts France fist and not his party. And, all consideed, today, France won. If he wouldn't have done this, far right would have obliterated the polls at the next election and probably at the presidential one as well.

[@echochamber1234]

@@catalina5382 I say this as a Macron fan... you know the left despises macron too and probably will not cooperate with him, right? who do you think has been vehemently opposing him on pension and labor market reform? not to mention his staunchly pro Israel stance.

[@nublex]

the economy isn't the main problem. the main problem is the elephant in the room and we all know what i'm talking about.

[@christianchurchill]

islam

[@objectdefiance4027]

Yes cause that was what made RN poll number one. And not the Neoliberal Reform of the Retirement Age. Something that Marine Le Pen wouldn't repeal. Because she hates French workers about as much as Brown People.

[@user-rw2uh5bv3o]

Bingo​@@christianchurchill

[@c.a.savage5689]

Vive la France. Vive la Republic.

[@Ghreinos]

You mean Allahu Akbar?

[@_brownboyjo_]

Vive Hamas 😂

[@davidpippin3460]

France surrenders yet again! lol

[@mx338]

France freed itself from the corrupt reign of neoliberal. Electing a racist wouldn't have gotten them any freedom, unless you believe foreigners are somehow the problem.

[@HitomiNee]

a hastily put together coalition will not last, too many cracks.

[@peterward9446]

I do believe it will take the forensic genius of an *_Inspector Clouseau_* - to untangle this one....

[@briandelaney9710]

Wins the internet !

[@davidarterburn4429]

Very noble for him to step down

[@danny3style]

Meh some people call it paris... Others call it gaza i cant tell the difference

[@peterward9446]

that's good ... that's *_very_* good...

[@randomguy7175]

​@@peterward9446 untill idf army arrives it will be good for you.. once they show up , you will cry like cry babies

[@nublex]

thank you for a new painting idea. i must engrave this into the anals of history.

[@peterward9446]

@@nublex I do hope you actually meant: *_'annals')_*

[@thelastwordonearth]

Mossad bot.

[@cameronfateweaver2206]

the French Left and Centre need to be careful. The right have not been defeated yet. The Left and Centre may have won this battle - but if they're not careful they might lose the war.

[@billTO]

I heard that the rural and small town voted RN.

[@CodeLife_12]

It is always a constant struggle to keep the fascists at bay. Hopefully they keep doing the right thing and we follow their example when the time comes here in Canada.

[@heynowls3058]

Viva la France!

[@dominiquelyoen7535]

merci

[@clarencekeller7684]

To quote once famous singer “it’s like a conversation where no one stops to breathe” …

[@Thisisasmokescreen]

They keep saying “far right”. They ain’t seen nothing yet. Keep pushing & they will learn what far right really means. Give it a couple years.

[@TCN8202]

Quite biased reporting: 1. it is clear that Macron's gamble failed, whether it was meant to increase his majority in Parliament or the sick experiment of a far right that was meant to rule but fail just to "teach France a lesson". 2 The Left alliance is not new nor cobbled up in a few days. It has been there since 2022. 3. Their program is well constructed and better financed than Macron's tax cut utopia. 4. French people belong together, even though Macron wants to divide, disenfranchise or frighten them for his own benefit 5. It is good for Europe 🇪🇺 A third term of Macron would be a shameful disaster for Europe.

[@ChiveDumpling]

In other words, the decline continues lol

[@peabase]

Yup, resurgent fascism is now on the decline again.

[@shawnawilliams3025]

Unless you address the reasons people voted for the right party it will only get worse in the future.

[@HappyestMoments]

2:44 FRANCE NATIONAL FLAG

[@thelastwordonearth]

Full of Mossad bots in here..

[@alvinsilagan5664]

hahaha..... great nations are destroyed from within..... putin is smiling

[@qtheplatypus]

Putin is smiling at the party that wants to send more guns to Ukraine? Why did he support the far right then?

[@briandonaldson3809]

Maybe most people just have different views to you and you're the minority?

[@Ninjaguiden89]

Ironic since Le Pen usually goes for the pro-Putin line

[@Bacolodcity535]

The most pathetic thing in this win is not a single french flag is waving … all i see is the palestinian flag … good luck france …. In 10 years enjoy sharia law

[@katzicael]

no, it just shows that the French have empathy for their fellow humans.

[@Mesopotamia-v6d]

Then Kick them out 🤷

[@rtmg591]

@@katzicaelYes but by doing so they drag down the actual local french people. You can’t give out a finite resource without harming the current people if the pool of people keeps increasing uncontrollably .

[@saggybawlz]

@@katzicaelwhat about empathy for all the other conflicts out there? Where are those flags? Why it’s only palestinian? You got taken over that’s why.

[@accardijunior]

still not as pathetic as ultranationalism and xenophobia...

[@BritishNaturalist-vb8hj]

They have voted for anarchy.

[@fabianelsen3716]

Based anarchy.

[@MaxHohenstaufen]

I'll take anarchy over authoritarianism any day.

[@BritishNaturalist-vb8hj]

@@fabianelsen3716 What does that mean based?

[@BritishNaturalist-vb8hj]

@@MaxHohenstaufen & if one inevitably leads to the other?

[@fabianelsen3716]

@@BritishNaturalist-vb8hj It means that anarchy is much preferable over ethno-fascism or neoliberal austerity.

[@abhisheklimbu9609]

It's sad to see france go down like this.

[@TheDavidlloydjones]

A defeat for Vichy, a victory for the decent.

[@abhinaysingh8306]

anyone is better than far right.

[@Thedrunkenswede1337]

​@@TheDavidlloydjonesa loss for all of France

[@Thedrunkenswede1337]

​@@abhinaysingh8306eh no now they have litterly doomed themselfs. Just watch unemployment skyrise immigration get on steroids and all taxes skyrise enjoy.

[@SAM-df1cc]

Well Done french people thrown out Macron

[@nulnoh219]

Couldn't this have waited until after the Olympics.

[@luislourenco6720]

Slave trading is not a legal activity

[@Nemenis]

Why

[@Guts20237]

@@Nemenis wdym why💀

[@BornKafir]

​@@Guts20237it's 100% Halal and encouraged under sharia law

[@luislourenco6720]

It is a criminal activity proper from people that live in the laws of animals

[@jerrygudknecht6066]

I don't know why I still subscribe to DW. I am trying to remember the last time they had an apolitical, unbiased post. I'm done.

[@Justandfair2392]

She literally said « nfp will discuss peace deals instead if sending weapons to Ukraine…. there is no reason to be optimistic » so optimism is about funding wars … not striking peace deals

[@PeriferijaPeriferije]

they are atrocious warmongers...

[@Toto-cl8rw]

The public voted against the far right party and decided on the party that will make positive changes. As usual if the party in power fails to produce results they are voted out. Democracy works.

[@Toto-cl8rw]

@@maya2adore232 It is the number of votes that count not were in France they come from. La Penn’s party lost considerable seats, showing the majority rejected her.

[@soundscape26]

​@@maya2adore232Not at all... take a look at the electoral map.

[@koiyujo1543]

the left is so back baby! hopefully more countries can avoid f'ascis'm! as a gen z socialist this was very unexpected when I first saw this!

[@harukrentz435]

Im a millenial socialist btw

[@LilaKotaki]

A hasty put together alliance only leads to further division and is not gonna last long

[@Thrawn90]

DW: "Is France governable?" King Louise XVI: "No"

[@Zeelandian_Man]

If your going to call the National Rally "far-right" then call the new popular front far-left please. Or just call both left and right like they actually are.

[@NomadBudha]

Palestinian Flag replace France Flag 😂

[@moa3605]

I bet you don't have a problem with the Rainbow 🌈 Flag

[@thelastwordonearth]

Found another mossad bot.

[@xyz-uw3ps]

Far right far right far right? Far right far right far right! -DW

[@jsphfalcon]

looks like a moment for the center to decide. should I go with the left or the right and create a block to save france from anarchy? Oh well

[@SmellyPajeet]

Both parties are two sides of the same coin

[@ChandranPrema123]

Centre and left?

[@CanonessEllinor]

France is a multi-party system

[@MrHellelement]

Whats your motto citizens of France!? "I am replaceable!!!" Hurrah for cheap labor! Give a rousing cheer for the 1%! 🎉

[@brunopaquette5920]

I am from Canada, and seeing over 200 candidates that could have been in the second turn, retiring themselves from the race, feels like the election was manipulated by the candidates. Not really fair for the people.

[@MrP839]

Yes of course, but the french fifth republic is a presidential constitution & the voting method in legislative elections are manipulated in the 1st place to give an absolute majority to the head party in the elections. + in France, we don't make alliances between parties after the elections but before, so everything is completely twisted... Vive la France !

[@Вивсівідстій]

Any alliance can fall apart at anytime for any reason.

[@jacqdanieles]

Since when did DW become an Indian news show?

[@thatvexiol]

India rising way too fast to ignore 🇮🇳🇮🇳 We need to co-operate with India to make it western or atleast western aligned like Japan and Korea

[@madselmvig1457]

DW has one Indian Journalist. But nice gas lighting..

[@jacqdanieles]

@@madselmvig1457 wrong. At least 2 women & 1 man. How many Germans do you see on Indian networks? Nice try at gaslighting

[@jacqdanieles]

@@madselmvig1457 wrong. At least 2 women & 1 man. How Germans do you see on Indian networks?

[@madselmvig1457]

@@jacqdanieles So its a competition? So CNN is a Taiwanese News network, since they have 2 Taiwanese employed.. What is the amount of employees allowed in your mental frame, until ALL the network is now owned by another country?

[@davidecappelli9961]

Shame on Macron!

[@jammerjammer580]

Not a surprize people are fed up of expensive gas and poor governance

[@patrickhewlett1080]

I will certainly not spend or invest any of my wealth into France.

[@thelastwordonearth]

Who gives a F

[@flameout12345]

bye bye france

[@vectorfox4782]

Leave it to DW to come up with a narrative

[@peabase]

It's what any news channel would do, right? What's your alternative take?

[@vectorfox4782]

@@peabase DW and RT are both owned by Kremlin.

[@bobbies5554]

Crazy everywhere? Do they know what Macron has done? Are they anything like US left?

[@OmarBenjumea]

Macron should expect a lot more eggs thrown at him, even by members of his future government.

[@peterfekete2636]

And nothing will change back to square 1 more immigrants job losses etc etc

[@michaeltelemachus5112]

STOP CALLING THEM FAR RIGHT.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@briandelaney9710]

If the shoe fits

[@michaeltelemachus5112]

@@briandelaney9710 They are right wing but not far right. You are clearly not a student of history.

[@thelastwordonearth]

And you must be homeschooled. ​@@michaeltelemachus5112

[@briandelaney9710]

@@michaeltelemachus5112 you don’t know Le Pen’s family history obviously. It’s tied to the anti Gaullist Right and from There to Vichy

[@michaeltelemachus5112]

@@briandelaney9710 Oh yes, I know all about that, but that is like assigning the far left to Peter Hitchens because of his past and the politics of his brother. It is such a shallow, inaccurate view of reality.

[@johnroccaro5491]

This ends with "not much reason to be optimistic". Waking up and getting out of bed without help is a very good reason to be optimistic!

[@bardika1]

And yet it was islamofascists rioting in the first round.

[@KyleRuggles]

Paid troll.

[@songasalimsaleh1035]

*What about Germany?* 😂😂😂😂😂

[@paullooney8960]

What about it?.Just another colony of the US,just like most of western europe.

[@joeingle1745]

I love the way you describe rioting and disorder as 'celebration' just because fireworks are involved and their views align with yours.

[@johnroccaro5491]

"France could face years of political instability" Ha! I admire the French for their political engagement culture. The people have spoken, they rejected the far right.

[@temp0rand]

RN spokeswoman was dubbed by an Indian. Hilarious.

[@joeingle1745]

Keep on pouring your scorn, that always works a treat when you want to get people round to your way of thinking. Mock them, they'll love you for it and change their views.

[@shiningking]

France soon to be the next afghanistan in europe, hope theyre ready for sharia

[@peterprentice9179]

well done France

[@Thedrunkenswede1337]

They just doomed themselfs

[@peterprentice9179]

@@Thedrunkenswede1337 right wing bs narrative

[@rtmg591]

@@peterprentice9179left wing bs narrative

[@peterprentice9179]

@@rtmg591 no definitely right wing fascist bs

[@jimmycricket5366]

​@@peterprentice9179How will things improve? Details of the practical ways things will improve, please. Thank you.

[@alicejyi4705]

French is very gouvernable.. when the government gets tough, they will subjugate.

[@philm3509]

It’s like one group of kids ganging up on one kid who’s lived there all his life in a school playground.

[@qtheplatypus]

The kid who doesn’t want to share and screams insults at everyone.

[@TheLastBen.]

@@qtheplatypus screams insults at everyone who trash the playground

[@kiankok84]

When you have more foreign flags that your national during the announcement of nation election in the national capital, you know youre fxxed.

[@PeriferijaPeriferije]

160 seats for a bankster? there is no saving neoliberals

[@nebojsamarkovic629]

You should be ashamed of yourself DW. Framing requests for fair pay as extreme is just showing how biased you are, and who really sets your standards

[@jarthur5094]

This is a sign to USA democrats. Kick out Biden. You have a dozen highly qualified young candidates. Act now and choose a new candidate, as you can see it can be done. Do not act out of fear and stick to old doddering man.

[@jr9240]

Stop the war

[@zolisamaine3518]

Far wrong

[@charles___]

It means France is finished

[@sharmapk4514]

What is the vote share?

[@fabianelsen3716]

RN got about 39% if I recall correctly. Disaster has luckily been avoided but the left really needs to get Neoliberale like Macron in line and invest in the rural regions. The extreme right thrives on poverty and neglected voters.

[@JanBruunAndersen]

​@@fabianelsen3716 - I would not call blocking 37 % voters from influence in the national assembly avoiding disaster. It is a democratic disaster in my opinion.

[@harukrentz435]

The french prefer political instability instead??

[@neji-hyuga-]

For Macron, it means the people don't want him. For France, it means a hung parliament, and for EU, it means the old powers will no longer be strong enough, and it's time for counties like Poland to rise

[@CVEIWKID]

Why are the Palestinians so happy about this

[@JNH1960]

Probably because they think they'll be made citizens and get free stuff !!

[@MrP839]

Because, until then France was supporting Israel by sending them weapons such as drones..., but the left-wing alliance that just won the elections in France want the recognition of Palestine as a State, the immediate Cease-fire, sanctions against Israel's government, etc...

[@_brownboyjo_]

You mean the Hamas supporters? Guess why 😂😂😂😂

[@paulcoverdale8312]

Better than far right.🙏🙏👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@samsungtap4183]

Of course law and order and common sense is absolutely no good...chaos rules.

[@Thedrunkenswede1337]

Haha eh no. They just doomed France litterly

[@m.e.345]

Strong support for the left.. and the right.. but declining support for the center.. and now the country is almost ungovernable.

[@peabase]

Are you new to coalition governments? More often than not, it's centrists forming a government with either the centre left or the centre right.

[@Magneticvortex-kk4gb]

Viva La France

[@xena2559]

Is that still such a country?

[@thepax2621]

Thats assuming, thats France was "governable" before the snap-election 😅. I don't know what it looked like from inside France, but from the outside...

[@peabase]

Actually, it looks rosier from the outside than the inside. With their parliamentary systems and proportional representation, France's neighbours are adept at forming coalition governments. It's more rule than exception. France has a learning curve.

[@CodeLife_12]

I went there for a couple of weeks and I was amazed how things run smoothly. From public transportation, to the price of food, or so many situations I saw where groups stuck together to have better outcomes (prevent monopoly, decrease price of electricity, etc). Everything was better than in Canada. I don't know exactly what "governable" means. But they definitely do a much better job at running their country than we do.

[@realnapster1522]

Is democracy not in danger now?

[@CodeLife_12]

Democracy is nowhere more in danger than when fascists take power. Crisis avoided.

[@qf4543]

Whose graffiti is that?

[@vladseva2327]

Will France continue to send weapons to Ukraine? Who will make this decision?

[@miguel.ledesmaledesma1790]

Congratulations to the left means condolences to the world 🌎 😢😢😢.

[@TheDavidlloydjones]

Quite the opposite, Miguel. The various lefts are all voices of hope, rationality, and empiricism. The Right, by contrast, is the voice of ignorance, dumb authoritarianism, and stupidity.

[@CM-ey7nq]

How so? I'm certainly not a fan of the far Left, but's it's a hellovalot better than the far Right...

[@sebastien-wx9gb]

@@CM-ey7nq nope, and you will soon enough see why... France is about to become Africa 2.0

[@yepkopa1554]

@@sebastien-wx9gbracists were already saying we are Africa 30 years ago 😂

[@CM-ey7nq]

@@sebastien-wx9gb The usual scare tactics. The culture clashes we deal with in Europe are serious issues, and not to be swept under the rug.. We need to take it seriously, take a deep breath atnd deal with it as adults. Going too far to the extreme in any direction won't solve anything.

[@celiarodriguez2999]

ISLAM just WON.

[@anuragsinha2013]

I have tried to lift France out the mud, But she will return to her errors and vomitings, one cannot prevent the French for being French.:- Charles De Gaulle

[@user-se9uk2py5k]

Crisis has been momentarily averted, but far left win means drift toward serious trouble continues.

[@simulationkoyo]

far right is much much worse.

[@WinterGK]

Far left did not win

[@user-se9uk2py5k]

@@simulationkoyo I dont think so. Melenchon is pro putin, proposes taxes up to marginal 90%, no debt ceiling, anti EU… can’t get more radical…

[@Antonis-mo7ov]

@@simulationkoyo they labeled melonie far right and italy is doing better than most of the eu right now and she has a good acceptance rate

[@antoniousai1989]

Ah yes, more troubles, such troubles as fair taxation for billionaires (basically 80% if not more, as it should be), redistribution of wealth, equal opportunities for women and minorities and welfare state.

[@JanBruunAndersen]

#0:35 - It seems weird to me to celebrate a election result that effectively denies 37 % of the voters any real influence.

[@jaisriram295]

The left alliance doesn't have a majority so they won't be dictating to anyone 😂😂😂

[@SLoh-td2rl]

Let the horse trading begin!

[@DM_Laf]

The EU is modern feodal country!

[@christopher-lotr]

'... and that is the love for our country' :Palestine.

[@michaelpilos]

When people get scared… they run on the edges!

[@fabianelsen3716]

Correction: When people are scared of fascism they run left. When people are scared of brown people they run right.

[@husseinabinassif93]

if the centrists are right extreme then the only option is the left.

[@876junk]

Like the far right?

[@pascalnguyen4840]

This melenchon will fight with everybody watch...

[@oscarsaurez7192]

THE KARMA OF COLONIALISM IS RETURNING STRONGLY.

[@LaSultanaMartina2]

Van a acabar con Francia

[@aviyahcrow6617]

Just like the "new USSA" 🤔

[@angelhunterwolf3384]

Evil 👿

[@hericperieraleonce9284]

Is UNRWA a Hamas sister concern in Gaza ?