France's Stunning Election Results Explained

[@MassDefeq]

Macron - The enemy of my enemy is my friend, nothing new.

[@yatarookayama8329]

Macron better 🔥🔥🔥 France than let it be free country !

[@antoineaublin3812]

attal forced macrons hand in removing his candidates in the triangulars, please read abt it if ur interested. he didnt want the left to gain anything, and favored bardella

[@scotthughes7440]

Then he is a master politician

[@Johan-em6kg]

@@scotthughes7440master politician who won’t be able to apply his laws for the 3 next years, truly a genius

[@j4genius961]

​@@scotthughes7440 His strategy failed, his party failed, he failed.

[@ravipuralena7747]

Don't underestimate Le Penn. She's still mightier than Le Sword.

[@karlscher5170]

Solid

[@nni9310]

as a pun, witty. as a statement, le penn has lost each time so far.

[@j.s.t.6515]

Lmao

[@TuckerLT]

yea, Russo nazi money can work wonders.

[@keithskegwin]

Yes👍👍👍👍👍

[@polvorosarobm.96]

Are you winning, son? Macron: Well Yes but Actually No

[@Johan-em6kg]

*Macron: Well No but actually No

[@MilosiaSecondAcc]

​@@Johan-em6kgBased

[@henocksherlock3340]

Opposing leftism is justified from any moral basis standpoint

[@RDV333]

I imagine his wife calls him son.

[@giovannip8600]

@@RDV333 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂

[@Bookhermit]

It was simple - the other two parties stopped competing with each other for votes. They combined forces vs the right.

[@teague2582]

Exactly, they did what the Americans failed to do. Stop the extremists. Whatever confusion is to come: they had a majority of the nation standing shoulder to shoulder against something most French don't want. Congrats!

[@junbog]

And that was great

[@rendsmachaine1872]

It’s bullshit and anti democratic

[@carolin2220]

@@teague2582not wanting unlimited immigration is extremism now? Wow, 7 years ago that was common sense. Come back and tell them congratulations in a few years when France is unrecognizable

[@MuDkipzCHancelLOr]

@teague2582 Yes, extreme policies like not letting in millions of migrants in the midst of a cost of living crisis. You do know housing and labor are both subject to the economic law of supply and demand, right? Usually stupid people are funny to watch but you can vote which is scary.

[@Matthew-bu7fg]

well it's the Olympics in Paris soon so maybe we can have all the prospective PMs competing in a 100m race to decide who gets the honour of that position

[@neptune1525]

Haha so funny! 😊😊

[@Anonyomus_commenter]

Triathlon would be better

[@nige5902]

😂

[@mathyeuxsommet3119]

Macron actually said he will swim in the seine which is the French equivalent of the Thames.

[@ongoliver8924]

boxing. or mma or wresling. - macron.

[@PLScypion]

Nothing unites divided French like animosity towards other French.

[@anonymoususerinterface]

ha. i laughed well at that. They are a funny bunch

[@l.w.paradis2108]

You're thinking of the English-speaking peoples. And imagining everyone is like you, or wants to be.

[@danieltobin4498]

Same here in America

[@Jamietheroadrunner]

Kinda like the U.S. and our north/south divide. Being from a political family in New England we loathe the political culture in the south, their politicians and quite frankly, many of their proudly ignorant population.

[@DonCarnage42]

Nothing unites democracies as fighting anti-democratic populists.

[@charlesdugor1192]

I must disagree with your conclusion, Macron hasn't won, his group has just managed to avoid a disaster thanks to left-wing voters massively supporting the Republican Front, and saving his candidates He has lost his majority and 100 seats, he is massively contested by his own allies, and both the left wing coalition and the far-right are way stronger than they were in 2017 and 2022 So really, avoiding disaster cannot be described as a success, it's just that "it could have been worse"

[@boyanvalchev2953]

He made the best of the situation

[@JethroParis]

Left wing coalition isn't that much stronger compared to the far-right tho. As RN got 40 more deputies compared to 2022 while NFP has 20 more deputies compared to NUPES' in 2022, with LFI actually losing a few now. RN had 37% votes, while NFP had 25%, which is 5% more for RN and 3% less for NFP compared to last week.

[@portagenial]

That may be true, but avoiding a majority ultra-right government will always be a success in my book

[@Woody-xz6no]

Why always far right and just left wing why not left wing / right wing

[@zarroth]

@@Woody-xz6no gotta spread "the message"

[@caioverneck9661]

Macron: "Task failed successfully"

[@bloodygekkon]

xD

[@od9694]

Napoleon " There is nothing we can do" Macron " Fuck you, im calling an election"

[@nulnoh219]

Couldn't this have waited until after the Olympics?

[@MikeMW87]

Oooo so naive ... stagnation in france will continue ... its just a matter of time . Eu is insane now ... left wingers are insane... Right wing will win europe do to self destruction of the left ... it is a them all over the world.

[@tomatoheadfd]

.... Why? ​@@nulnoh219

[@Rayjacker]

@@nulnoh219 Better to get it over with now than wait for it to boil over with manifestations, strikes, etc that could have happened during the Olympics.

[@kkit8629]

​@@Rayjackerit just couldn't wait as all sides are disturbed by his failure to win the eu election seats which he himself made a leader of that bloc. So ethically it's like people lost the confidence & give enough time the far right will cash in usual people's frustration & lead the nation to same old far right rheortics such as everyone is bad except us & going back to mediaeval ideology somehow brings them prosperity meanwhile in reality get stuck in Broke wage, Jobless, Loner frustration & in end plead to a politician who says I am gonna solve everything as a fraud saviour.

[@amanofnoreputation2164]

"The far-right are coming!" * Other major French political parties immediatly form a magic summoning circle to contain them. *

[@Baran-lq7mc]

The only problem that now may arise is that it will look like that Le Pens party is the only alternative (opposition) and that voting anything else is basically the same. This will create its own problems in the next presidential election.

[@Alan-yd7jh]

Far right are coming?? Lmao no...2 countries down one to go

[@benq3009]

Jesus Christ how much of a fucking redditor do you have to be to write shit like that

[@radudancoroian5169]

*The circle breaks*

[@kakkacarmenelectra7229]

Give it a few months before the left falls apart. Their ideas, beliefs and goals do not mirror. They will trade one villain for another

[@ThomasGodart]

As a French person, I'm positively baffled by the quality and the finesse of this explanation. Most people in France don't have this level of depth of analysis, they only scratch the surface of things. Bravo!

[@AZeroSum]

As a french person, this is typical of all things French.

[@jeff393C]

no wonder they keep voting for their own destruction!

[@Brown95P]

"Baffled" isn't really the right word for this -- the word has a negative connotation, you see -- but yes, this was a surprisingly good summary video.

[@AZeroSum]

@@Brown95P why does “baffled” have a negative connotation?

[@natewp]

​@@AZeroSumIt just is, for something positive you'd usually say something like "astonished" or "amazed"

[@danielcharland1374]

It's fascinating to see how the dynamics are different in countries not locked into a two-party system like I'm used to in America.

[@Labyrinth6000]

I prefer the Us system, I’d rather have only one competitor to worry about. Who cares about the smaller ones that will certainly not support my views or my beliefs! 😂

[@timothysmith160]

I am am englishman but shout out to Ron Paul, from waht I have studied of american politics

[@ΔημήτρηςΚαμπόλης-μ8χ]

​@Labyrinth6000 That's from the party licker perspective. For neutral people, it's better to have multiple options. Otherwise, France would be still ruled by the corrupted Republican Party.

[@temtem9255]

Please don't use France as an example of a good system, this election the party with the most votes got third place. If you are gonna point to amy country to copy at least make it one that is more proportional

[@danielcharland1374]

@@temtem9255 I didn't say it was good, just that it's fascinating to see a system so different from what I'm used to.

[@echtblikbonen]

This is NOT a win for Macron. It's a win for the left

[@scottwebb4722]

no it's not. They are 100 seats short of a majority and they have to govern with Macron, who is pretty much the last person any political party wants to be associated with now. Any gridlock or failure to pass legislature is going to be blamed on Macron and whoever he works with. The left is going to have to provide a PM very soon and this person is basically going to be chained to Macron. The trap he set for the far right has caught a different beast now.

[@codybell6882]

It's not a particular defeat for him either though. His party will hold a balance in the legislative branch, which will give them flexibility to work with the leftists and possibly the right wing parties against the leftists if the political realities change.

[@petermahfouz6547]

Its one of the best case scenarios considering what was expected

[@davidrenton]

i don't think it's a win for the left either, they will not work well together and the RN the most popular party in France, who managed to increase their share since last week, can look at the rest implode and take the win

[@Siphakid]

Not really, Europe is neolib and anti-social and the socialist party(center-left) is simping for it and they are at 64, the real left party is LFI with 71. so 180-74(socialist party)-33(europe ecology)=73 real number of leftist siege. So it is more an ecology block than anything.

[@dadiolego]

macron’s thoughts were all truly to complex for us

[@MagicNash89]

He lost his government and now his coalition has to govern with or let someone else govern. Where is the supposed genius in any of this? If the far-right does not get to govern, then that part of his gamle - whjich was widely cited as some genius move - is off. If the left gets to govern but not through a majority, then who is going to support their decisions? People keep saying this is some genius move, but you know what is an actual genius move? Making good decisions yourself that the voter rewards you and your allies with support after. Instead everyone is discussing how Macron will totally prove how the "other guys" are totally not up to the task.

[@cristianbalan518]

That's why he is the Jedi Grand Master. He refused jedi master title to le Pen so she became a sith, took the dark side of the politics...

[@etienne8110]

*too

[@thepax2621]

He's either playing 4D chess or Ludo 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@silotx]

Or his hand picked well paid political team that has nothing to do with him.

[@Jorjgasm]

"Brits explaining things" is an entire genre on youtube. They start youtube channels like other people start ethnic restaurants.

[@CrumpetsNBiscuits]

totally

[@arthurslugworth4661]

This is awesome

[@jjxed]

yes because we can't understand french so we not gonna go watch french youtube channels are we

[@SacredCowStockyards]

Well, they can't very well start ethnic restaurants, can they? What are they gonna make, toast sandwich?

[@jacketpotatoforthee]

After losing the accent war, the Indians resorted to their spicy tech tutorial videos

[@TheresaDiana12]

The problem we have is because Most people always taught that " you only need a good job to become rich. These billionaires are operating on a whole other playbook that many don't even know exists.

[@BrittanyDoris]

Money invested is far better than money saved, when you invest it gives you the opportunity to increase your financial worth.

[@KaylaAlexis.]

It is remarkable how much long term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid, instead of trying to be very intelligent.

[@Russelbobby45]

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[@LoriMarie-pd5vl]

Many individuals report success in investing in stocks, forex, and cryptocurrency (Bitcoin), yet I continue to struggle. Can somebody help me out or advise me on what to do?

[@JenniferLynd]

Even with the appropriate method and assets, some investors will still outperform others. As an investor, you should already know that nothing surpasses experience, and that is final. Personally, I had to seek advice from a stock specialist, which allowed me to build my account by over $35k, extract my profit just before the correction, and now I'm purchasing again.

[@DansonYTube]

RN seats in... 2012: 2 2017: 8 2022: 89 2024: 142 (plus the plurality of the national vote) Yeah they didnt win an outright majority, but I wouldn't say they're losing.

[@ajmore]

I think this is as far as they go

[@Flexinciple]

@@ajmore is that wishful thinking or do you have evidences. I’m asking because I’m genuinely curious.

[@uromvictor]

​@@ajmore it's far from it. More people voted for them than another coalition.

[@xsnowy6210]

@@Flexinciple Nobody knows dude, but probably they wont lol

[@miyounova]

That's the Macron effect. The left has a few years to try and show ppl that life is better under a left government than a right to far-right gov.

[@beskararmor7966]

Being a political leader must be amazing. The things your willing to sacrifice not to loose that position.

[@franciscouderq1100]

Even when one is a convicted felon

[@NeostormXLMAX]

you mean its like exploting a video game lmao

[@amandahuginkiss4098]

lose

[@Omni0404]

@@NeostormXLMAX Hey! It's not an exploit. The fact that it hasn't been patched by the devs prove the mechanics are intended.

[@Jizzlewobbwtfcus]

It's so pathetic how desperate he is to cling to power.

[@ImperatorAlexanderAugustus]

As a French speaker myself from Switzerland who follows closely French politics, people are only seeing part of the picture in this parliamentary election. Let me explain in 5 points : 1. The NFP is a coalition of parties not a single one. The biggest party of this coalition is the Far-Left party France Unbound which counts for around 15% of all French voters. The Socialist Party comes second with around 10%. In the opposite, the seats that the National Rally won are almost exclusively for their party making them almost double their number of seat in parliament from before. 2. The NFP is a very heterogeneous coalition with parties that are always infighting on almost every issue. Like NUPES before, they are really likely to collapse and not endure after the new appointment of Parliament. On issues like Palestine, the EU, Ukraine, economic reforms etc. France Unbound and the Socialist Party for example are complete opposites. Making the collation very likely to collapse in the near future in Parliament. 3. This election fragmented Ensemble and the Republicans. Even if they won more seats than expected, the latter is shifting more and more towards the National Rally because of the left-leaning alliance of Ensemble. There were even splits in the party before the elections. For Ensemble it’s the same, the right-leaning members of Macron’s party are very skeptical of this alliance and are very likely to block initiatives from the left and join a more rightist party for 2027. 4. Like mentioned before, if (or more likely, when) the NFP will collapse, the RN will have a relative majority in Parliament anyway due to the fact that it’s their own party who won the additional seats and not a coalition. 5. The fact that overall the French electorate is more to the right than to the left, like we saw in the first round, is gonna make the situation particularly tense if a left-leaning government is put in place in a deadlock parliament. This will radicalise the right and make it even more popular, due to this feeling of betrayal by the political system of France. And when in 2027 Macron will not be able to present himself again, the situation might become really dire and serious for the entire country due to the polarisation of the entire political spectrum.

[@sans_hw187]

Bref, la gauche n'a rien gagné du tout, elle fait la fête car elle CROIT avoir limité la casse, mais le réveil va être brutal. L'assemblée est majoritairement de droite (RN-Ciotti + LR = 203 sièges), Darmanin a déjà annoncé que le pays allait devoir prendre un virage à droite car c'est ce que la majorité du peuple demande, en d'autres termes la majorité présidentielle va tendre la main aux LR et on se dirige vers un premier ministre de centre-droit. Non seulement le NFP ne va pouvoir appliquer aucune de leurs mesures (Mélenchon délire complètement), mais ils sont en plus totalement rejeté par les 2/3 de l'assemblée. Quant au RN, il a maintenant un boulevard pour 2027, car il ne va pas pouvoir être tenu responsable du chaos qui approche.

[@billy20069]

Excellent points. As soon as I saw the results I stated that this will only galvanize the right more. Their views are validated in their eyes of a corrupt system.

[@WoodyGamesUK]

But ultimately people chose to vote for a party that is a left-wing coalition. The fact that the right is not willing to rally around the RN says a lot about the party, and they only have themselves to blame.

[@Shyhalu]

You are missing the point, it doesn't matter - they still hold majority and can continue to push insane nonsense. These people DO NOT CARE if they are caught, they are blatantly doing it.

[@EricEscander]

Finally someone who understands the truth and sees through the media's twisting of the situation. France will gain nothing from this, the Left are too chaotic to get anything done, the French are afraid of what the RN may bring but it may be the change they need and they keep pushing it down the road.

[@whoknowsumightfind4736]

Le Pen did not really loose. She almost double the number of parliamentaries...They have the highest amount of parliamentaries for a single parties .. all the left and the centrist are coalitions... None of them individually have as many parliamentaries as Le Pen.

[@BzhToine]

Macron is not and will never be a centrist. He is right, full right. RN is far right.

[@boilinghippo4468]

​@@BzhToine Wrong. Far right means fascism, nazis or ultranationalism. RN is nothing of it.

[@markymarco2570]

her party is the all-nazi coalition

[@hamkyo07]

Was looking for someone to say it. Le Pen/Bardella won and the left just called for help but didn't get a really victory

[@Historia.Magistra.Vitae.]

@@BzhToine RN is a centrist party.

[@john0doesnt]

Le Pen had 8 deputies in 2017. More than 120 this years. Hardly a loss

[@Kabodanki]

They did their best result for the last presidential election, they have totally won the european election in france that forced macron to call new elections, looking at this election result. How can you call that a lost ?

[@john0doesnt]

@@Kabodanki That's literally my point. People see it as a loss because they were expecting more deputies but it's hardly it a loss.

[@choncha23]

Yeah, I dont get it. That is concerning for the opposing side.

[@incompetence10881]

Yeah but they still far underperformed,when it was called people were expecting an outright majority, before the first round people were still thinking a possible majority of potentially just under, after the first round they were saying maybe 20-40 seats under majority, nowthey are well under 100 from a majority and are third place. The alliance between the Left, Centre, and the Right not only held but grew even stronger against the National Rally. It's hard to imagine the National Rally winning in 2027 if the Republican Front was this strong this year

[@LookingForAUniqueHandle_76340]

@john0doenst You are right. French electors are smart. This is a message.

[@exploshaun]

Can't believe Macaroon's 4D chess move actually worked.

[@french907]

Well if You call worked having Lost between 80 to 100 seat worked then yeah sure.

[@ses694]

He saw 5 million futures and only one lead to the RN not getting the most seats

[@key2010]

@@ses694 HE is the reason RN were on the rise

[@armelfrancois7009]

now he's waiting for NFP to fracture by putting pressure on LFI/Mélenchon

[@Smol_Turtle]

@@key2010 No one said anything about how many of those futures he personally fucked up though XD

[@osabro9499]

i'm french and it's insane to me how so many people outside of France think these results are a major victory for Macron lol

[@Anonyomus_commenter]

It’s better than the polls

[@osabro9499]

@@Anonyomus_commenter there wouldnt have been bad polls in the first place if he didn't call elections. he still lost 100 seats and created more instability and confusion. elections are supposed to solve problems, not create them

[@Fringe31422au]

Foreign reporting always reduce the nuances of the country they report on. But in any case, the goal was to survive and they did for now.

[@impressiion]

Its electoral system is disastrous, if it were my country I would be afraid of being hostage to that system and that my will would never be heard.

[@osabro9499]

@@Fringe31422au but he wouldn't have had to survive if he didn't call elections in the first place. there was no obligation to do it

[@lozssaddict]

This is the best news I’ve gotten today.

[@Consume_Crash]

Are you working for the New World Order?

[@mysticmac1105]

Are you crying ​@@Consume_Crash

[@Consume_Crash]

@@mysticmac1105 No lol, but that this is the best news someone has received all day is at first glance incomprehensible.

[@NeygarzruinedAmerica]

Welcome to Francistan

[@NeygarzruinedAmerica]

​@@mysticmac1105The French will be in another 10 years

[@karankapoor2701]

But wouldn't now left demand a PM from their grouping .....or else a complete gridlock

[@NexusPain]

As a german to me it's very strange that in certain other democratic nations it's very uncommon or borderline unheard of to form coalitions when it come to forming a government. Sure it's more difficult than having the majority but in my point of view democracy is always about finding a compromise.

[@krisshnapeswanipeswani3190]

that is their right as the largest party. by tradition they get the chance to build the coalition, if they fail then It goes to macrons party then mariane le pennes party

[@rodrigodelavega7252]

The left will demand a PM but they will have a hard time passing anything with this Assembly.

[@RationalistMH]

It depends. Some parties from the Leftist Coalition (NFP), especially those closer to the centre like the Socialists, are more willing to enter into negotiations with Macron's centrist block than others which are further to the left, like France Insoumise. The issue is that even the Socialists are afraid of being seen as 'colluding' with Macron's neoliberalism, which is why they had campaigned against Macron in both the legislative and the European Parliament Elections.

[@gothicgolem2947]

@@NexusPainthis isn’t just about coalitions tho this is who’s pm. The left will likely want the pm and the centre will wan tire too

[@sionsmedia8249]

The RN still got more votes though, 10.1 million for RN, 7 million for NFP, and 6.8 million for Ensemble, 2.1 million for LR. So if things stay like this to the presidential election Le Pen still has a good shot to win.

[@shwetapatwa1327]

If Marcon is able to show the result of his new economic reforms then it will be a complete repeat of the last presidential elections.

[@charlesmoreau8746]

@@shwetapatwa1327 Macron is not supposed to contest in the next presidential election. A president is limited to two terms

[@shwetapatwa1327]

@@charlesmoreau8746 someone from this party then.

[@yagsipcc287]

​@@shwetapatwa1327you mean the party that was in power for years who gave nothing but high taxes, high crime and failed social cohesion will now get it all together?

[@gideonmele1556]

@@yagsipcc287the Macron Manuever

[@weeki_wachee]

But Lepen now has 143 elected “députés” in the assembly instead of 89 previously. Is this such a loss?

[@Coltaire]

Loss for france, yeah.

[@blue-pi2kt]

Yeah, it is. Right Wing Nationalism ordinarily comes in waves and if they don't win or lose their totemic leaders like Trump, Le Pen or Farage - they just evaporate as the economic or cultural basis for their existence becomes less relevant to their rise.

[@znail4675]

If everyone else cooperates and ignores what you say, then yes, it's a loss.

[@mikered1974]

​@@znail4675you do not get the point that means RN is considerable stumbling block in Parliament that will give Macron severe Headache he will be in the mercy of the Far Left who is the Majority in Parliament remember the Far left may hate to the Guts the RN but they do not feel any love to Macron and his party they actually view Macron party very similar to RN who keep denying the connection.

[@Blandinemax]

It’s a loss because she was way ahead in the first round. But as usual, the left allied with Macron (whom they supposedly hate), to block Le Pen. From first, she became third.

[@shuwap]

It's funny how you decribe RN as right wing and Macron/LR as centrist/center-right when in france we depict RN as Far right and LR as right

[@ElfieBrown-i6s]

In France it seems you have more shades of left!

[@svnkm]

@@ElfieBrown-i6s no, it's just that in many places outside of France there's a strange tendency to call hardcore neoliberals "leftists" and "communists" simply for being more socially progressive... despite not being anti capitalist or proletarian whatsoever

[@mapache69.]

@@shuwap Macron at best is Centre Left considering his woke leftist social ideas, while Le Pen is at best a Centre Right to Right conservative. You haven’t seen what a true “Far Right” person is. Even Zemmour at best is Right. Kotleba from Slovakia I think is the closest you’ll see to a “Far Right” person who recently had seats, and even then, he’s not relevant anymore.

[@jonathandunn9302]

@@mapache69. I didn't realize 'woke' people were Islamophobic and used every opportunity to bash Muslims possible...

[@cheesemanmaster]

​@@mapache69.Bro... Did you just unironically use "woke"??

[@ljuma0124]

Imagine 34% of the country not giving a fk about voting.

[@wenterinfaer1656]

Smart folk, they know that voting won't change anything and rely on themselves. Masters of their home.

[@algreen1]

Don't have to. In the UK it was 40%.

[@GeoEstes]

Same in the US.

[@Bolognabeef]

That's much better than most of Europe to be fair to France

[@Siphakid]

based

[@Xylos101]

a lot of the comments are giving Macron a lot of props, I think the results will split France with nothing getting done for at least 3 years

[@madvada]

Agree completely

[@yyyy-uv3po]

Yeah I don't like how divided the country is right now, it's starting to look like the US and it's scary for the next presidential election.

[@scottwebb4722]

meaning whichever side the new PM is going to come from is going to be associated with incompetence come the next election. In a way, Le Pen couldn't have had it better. Their seats have increased and they don't have to take any responsibility for the many failures and stalemates coming the governments way.

[@PrimusValsar]

Yeah, it was a dumb move, and now we are stuck with a parliament with left, "centrist" and right not ok to anything It's over for us and also the left in france is actually alt left, they are going to boost those 120 knifes attacks we have everyday to at least 300.

[@tweda4]

Yeah, people are seriously counting their chicken before they've hatched. At every election for the past six years, NF has been getting more and more seats, and more and more votes. Unless that trend stops, and ideally reverses, it's only a matter of time before they *do* get a majority. The french need to change their current script, but if Macron is still in charge, and no other party has enough to be a government by themselves, change may not come soon enough.

[@MagicShow-y4e]

There's no way you call this a major victory for Macron

[@Kikinho19]

That dependa how well you can spin it :D

[@antispindr8613]

So Macron is weaken and the forward movement of the fascist party in halted - a win/win for France and Europe!

[@n0xx295]

It's a major victory for the democratic and republican consensus, because it proves that the only way for the Far Right to get in power through democratic means is to win with an absolute majority in the 2nd round, which is practically impossible to ever happen. And it just so happens that ends up being a major victory for Macron, because he is the current president and aligned with the democratic and republican consensus.

[@patrickproctor3462]

@@antispindr8613 The RN isn't Fascist. Jesus Christ that word is tossed around way too easily by people who don't know any aspect of the formal definition.

[@mathyeuxsommet3119]

People expected his party to die and now no government can be formed without significant coalition talk with his group,he is still very powerful.

[@ponkee]

Take a shot every time TLDR says ‘unprecedented’.

[@tepesobrejac4360]

I wouldn't necessarily say Le Pen lost. At the tactical level she did indeed lose, but on a strategic level she's closer to power than she was before the elections. The number of RN MPs almost doubled and so did the vote-share of the RN. In terms of popular vote, the RN beat both Ensemble and NFP by more than 10% in the second round and outperformed their results from the EU parliament elections in both rounds, which will come in handy at the 2027 presidential elections. So the RN is here to stay. And if up until 2027 the NFP and Macron will fail to govern France due to the fact that the National Assembly is divided, then Le Pen will be in a good position to win the presidential elections.

[@thebombplayer2986]

Compared to the fact she could've won, she lost.

[@tepesobrejac4360]

@@thebombplayer2986 I don't deny that. I only point out that in the grand-scheme of things she's in a better position for 2027 than she was before the elections.

[@AntoinePelissier]

@@thebombplayer2986 There is no "winner" in a législative election, only a number of seats to get, the only way you "win" it is having majority

[@aldersdavid6785]

Do you take care about the dynamics which are shaping our current lives? Wars in Europe are always making countries shift to the extremes. Just for example Putin's war, the migration crisis caused by different middle Eastern extremist groups (supported by Putin's regime), Erdogan's policy towards migrants and the growing tensions in Palestine and Israel are the main forces which are currently shaping Europe. Everyone is in war psychosis and these situations can easily be used by extremists like the New Order (Calling it by the party's old name just to look at what I'm talking about) of Le Pen.

[@Olter_]

@@aldersdavid6785 Right wing party popularity has literally nothing to do with the war in ukraine. You are the one with war psychosis

[@inbb510]

France try not be ungovernable challenge (Impossible)

[@damaristighe3227]

Politicians pulling in all directions leaves France with nowhere to go. Again.

[@inigoacha1166]

Thats it.

[@EarlHare]

I would much prefer that to the British system where every decade someone grabs the wheel and just fully locks it in one direction or the other.

[@Ana_crusis]

Bollocks

[@no-one-o1o1]

The main thing in the short term is fascists were defeated.

[@wraith7707]

@user-bn8jv8bv1vdid you just admit to being a facist?

[@laiphone8972]

2 little things : - LR is not a centre right, there are right wing and have a lot in common with RN - The basque nationalist is in the NFP

[@iamothemakhnovist20]

exactly

[@Utsu-P_Enjoyer]

Crazy how this turned out despite the National Rally getting far and away the most votes.

[@boozecruiser]

Usually the party of entrenched wealth and power gets less votes but more seats. A strange turnaround

[@zboy2020vision]

Yep that’s the weakness of the French and British system not using proportional representation. It’s crazy you can do better then 10% voting wise and lose so much more seats.

[@altysalteo]

You forget that National Rally was present in much more electoral districts than the other formations in the second round, (about 200 more than NFP for example), meaning their supporters had more chances to actually vote for NR, and not someone else, unlike most other parties

[@DaweSMF]

I would say its kinda evergreen now. Parties form blob to confront the raid boss, stacked with every class under the sun - Piére the Socialist, Michelle from resistance (communist), just to name a few. Its impossible to loose. Issue usualy comes after the raid. Because the party is was made from members of various guilds, they cant do usualy much good and the cycle repeats itself. You just need bigger blob now since the raid boss leveled up. As my favorite Emperor once said - i love democracy.

[@ferdinandfoch7816]

That's only because the National Rally ran candidates pretty much everywhere, while the NPF and RE withdrew from elections that they couldnt win.

[@Aristocles22]

The National Rally still won the most votes and it's now a major force in France's parliament. This isn't a defeat, merely a delay for them.

[@ronny-lb1cr]

Actually it's a win for democracy that the National Rally couldn't repeat the first win. We are in a serious global crisis in which populist nationalism usually rises to take over

[@Aristocles22]

@@ronny-lb1cr Populist nationalism isn't usually a bad thing. Only when it gets extreme. Internationalist Communism has spilled way more blood.

[@cyrus7805]

10 millions votes, over 50 millions potential voters and 35 millions people who actually voted, isn't quite the majority.

[@Zzzooooppp]

@@ronny-lb1crif more people radicalize and hate you for denying them their democratic voice, you will entirely deserve it. You don’t get to cry about the illiberal right if you convince the right that democratic liberal norms only serve to make them lose even when they have popular support.

[@Aristocles22]

@@cyrus7805 I never said the National Rally got a majority.

[@mx338]

This really presents things in a weird way, Macron called an election when the far right was at it's strongest and the left wasn't united. That the left would unite so quickly, or at all, really wasn't predictable. Also Macron won't lead this coalition, he can only play a diplomate between the parties.

[@elriano1]

All the left-wing globalist parties are controlled by the same people behind the scenes.

[@ejs7861]

only strong can dictate, weak obey (my opinion). more seats=more power to dictate other

[@elementallynx493]

​@@ejs7861Weird way to put that.

[@CorneliusYekaterinozhivora]

It was completely predictable. They've been doing it for decades. They call it "faire barrage".

[@taiwanisacountry]

​@@ejs7861what a terrible way of thinking about it 😂😂😂😂 not even about strength or obeying, but popularity. You can be weak and popular, just look at Trump. Can't even go against his views without him taking it as a personal attack and will spend his time and energy to take you down for remarks that slightly goes against him. That is weakness. A strong man fights for himself, a stronger man fights for others.

[@kjql949]

So the results actually reflected how the country felt. 1/3 right/far-right, 1/3 centrist and 1/3 left/far-left.

[@yagsipcc287]

The self described centrists are extreme. High taxes, uncontrolable immigration, bad economic policy, social cohesion in free fall nevermind stuff to with with food, fuel and farming. If this is centre then what on earth is left or far left. When wanting lower taxes and immigration is called far right the world is a mess (used as a smear tactic of course as they rarely call the socialists or communits far left)

[@danunpronounceable8559]

No, the right in France got around 50% of the vote. This is not reflected in the seats

[@franciscouderq1100]

All with strong « me me me » syndrome.

[@yucol5661]

@@danunpronounceable8559cause lots of people for those other 2 1/3 parties would rather sacrifice their vote and let the lesser of two evils win than let that far right 1/3 party win. It’s compromise, everyone is unhappy but there is better representation of all the voter’s desires if their second choice is taken into account

[@BusesAreFatCars]

@@yucol5661 No, what there is, is diminished faith in the electoral system in France, and people will now start filling in only one box on the ballot instead of a second choice. They won't trust the system anymore.

[@Eurodrummer666]

Peio Dufau, the Basque MP is actually part of the Left coalition.

[@brendon1689]

i imagine that an autonomist party would not coexist well with nationalist parties

[@Eurodrummer666]

@@brendon1689 depends what is their politics. And there is Left nationalism, centre nationalism, right nationalism, and "nazi" nationalism.

[@inigoacha1166]

As a basque im so sorry for that. We dont support "The left" in the Europeans, it has Irene Montero on it. You can search for her speech on kids sexuality. The system is over, and they are trying to keep living from it, from next generation Soros money. If you dont say that a woman is mistreated you dont get the money for "developing". If you dont say that homosexuality is a social acomplishment you dont get the money. if you dont build another mosque you dont get the money. Neomarxism, if you dont ride with their RAINBOW msg you are a hater. And the Fascio will come for you. Agenda 2030

[@doit2810]

​@@Eurodrummer666is le pen Nazi nationalist?

[@CatholicSoldierX]

@@brendon1689 autonomist parties are doomed to fail. Just call yourself nationalists. I wAnT rEgIoN x To HaVe mOrE aUtOnOmY

[@mjock392]

Guillotine: “Hey guys, I’m available for coalition. Remember the good old days?”

[@LiamBrannelly]

🤣

[@twelvecatsinatrenchcoat]

It's a joke, but that is the message the French political establishment is sending to RN voters: "Democracy isn't allowed, stop voting, you have to resort to more drastic measures if you want to save your country."

[@BzhToine]

@@twelvecatsinatrenchcoat Actually 70% of the citizens told to the 30 other % that they prefer anything than the RN witch is a nationalist and racist party.

[@belladonna5012]

@@twelvecatsinatrenchcoat The Ensemble and NFP _were engaging in democracy._ They didn't somehow subvert votes; their voters willingly cooperated with each other because they viewed the National Rally as the greatest threat to their country.

[@twelvecatsinatrenchcoat]

@@belladonna5012 They were engaging in democracy by coercing candidates not to run in elections they otherwise would have in order to box voters into voting for candidates they didn't want to? They "engaged in democracy" by removing choices from voters to rig an election?

[@BertExists]

Small feedback: In the pie charts, for me the deep blue and purple colours were quite difficult to distinguish from each other. Example at timestamp 04:14

[@newtonheath92]

Great graphics in your magazine. I might subscribe just for that.

[@dubliam8064]

Why didn't they talk about the results from the perspective of the NFP? You know, the alliance that came first place and got the most seats? The party said they will be putting forward their candidate for PM this week and it's unknown if Macron will back them

[@dubliam8064]

@@johnpminis That's because they contested less seats but won more while RN contested almost every seat. Looking at vote share in the second round is idiotic.

[@bouledeflipper]

It's not broken though? If a party has an approval rating of 34% and a disaproval rating of 66%, why would it deserve to rule more than the party that only has 20% aproval but only 40% disaproval (and neutral for the rest)? Choice ranking exist for a reason, and I don't think a party that's hated by 2 third of its population deserve to lead. It would be broken if the party who had 34% of the votes ended up wih 66% of the seats and could rule unopposed. It's like, imagine if there's a 20 candidates election where 19 are really similar with minor differences, and then you have one real jerk that is really popular among trolls. As a result each of the 19 get around 4% each, because the votes are split between each one, and the last one gets 24%. Do you really think the one that got 24% deserve to win and lead?

[@RationalistMH]

@@johnpminis It's called having a constitution, actually. If you want constitutional reform, start a campaign and get enough democratic support for it and then we'll see.

[@Sir_Bucket]

​@@johnpminiswelcome to the realm of math and democracy. No system is perfect and it's a huge struggle to make one that will represent everybody. But I guess people only care about this kind of stuff when their favorite party looses.

[@tajj7]

@@johnpminis You are ignoring the tactical voting aspect in both countries and the second round voting system in France. Looking at the vote share is far too simplistic. In the UK LOADS of UK voters voted against the Tories rather than FOR their preferred party, there were even tactical voting primaries set up to specifically do this so that the non-Tory vote could rally around one candidate. So the Labour vote percentage becomes irrelevant at that point, it is about the non-tory vote in specific seats. The vast majority of Lib Dem, SNP, Green etc. voters prefer if their party cannot win, that the Tories do not govern them. Same in France, all those left to centre-left, even centre-right voters were very clear they did not want to be governed and represented by a far right party and they voted that way. An extreme party that gets 30-35%% of the vote shouldn't govern a whole country then the other 65% of the country despises them and doesn't want them. That is the problem we have had in the UK for years, the right wing Tories being the clear and only right wing party so hoovering up all those votes, but then challenged by multiple progressive, left and centre-left parties splitting their vote. For once we had a right wing party that split the right wing vote and we had progressive voters tactically voting, creating a huge dominance for Labour. The French have basically done the same thing, the non far right voters may not agree on very much, but they clearly agree that they do not want a far right government and will accept a messy coalition of left and centre parties over the alternative.

[@HistoryandOtherStuffwithBV]

6:46 correction: that Basque nationalist deputy is a member of a party which is itself a member of the New Popular Front. He was running in his constituency not just as EHBai candidate, but as the NFP candidate too

[@brianclark528]

I dunno. National Rally still got 37% of the popular vote in the second round. That's way better than Reform did in the UK or AfD will do in Germany or PVV did in the Netherlands, etc. etc.

[@walideg5304]

The most important thing is: a large majority of the French population refuses the far right. And in france it’s important

[@uromvictor]

​@@walideg5304 thats not something to be proud of.

[@larkalfen9510]

@@walideg5304 you mean people in cities totally disconected from reality

[@darman7453]

@@walideg5304 how many of the population are actually french? as in ethnic background french?

[@walideg5304]

@@uromvictor when you see the type of candidates the far right has pushed, yes it’s something to be proud believe me

[@zitherzon2121]

"Tell them you're from France." Beldar from the movie "Coneheads."

[@IlmarKiisk]

In 2015 I was listening to Jacques Rupnik talking about the possibility of Le Pen winning, and he said there's no need to worry, as even if they would gain most votes, they wouldn't still come to power because of (unspecified) "other means".

[@longiusaescius2537]

Oy vey...

[@Ab0rt_All_black_pests]

​@@longiusaescius2537👃👃👃.

[@dombam8490]

@@longiusaescius2537 Quiiii?

[@longiusaescius2537]

@@dombam8490 hm?

[@Spidouz]

The RN didn’t LOST… everybody lost in fact. During the first round, around ⅓ voted for RN, which mean 66% voted against them. In the second round, it was pretty much the same thing so the RN ends up with around ⅓ of the seat… but so does the Left and Center. And that’s the key of the debate here. When the Front National (previous name of RN) were only getting 15% of the population in the past, now they’re reaching new highs with ⅓ of the population. But also, the two main parties of the past (Socialist and Republicans) are now almost no seats whatsoever… So pretty much, Macron killed both the previous Left & Right of the past and now the political fight is between the New Left (lead by the far left people), the Liberals Centrist and the National Right… However, since the New Left is a melting pot of Socialist, Communist, Ecologist… they oppose to both Liberals and Nationalists… So even with a higher number of seat (around 189), they’re still 100 seats short of the 289 seats required to have a majority… meaning that absolutely no party can actually govern and pass laws, not Nationalist, but neither Liberals or Leftists. The only reason Nationalist didn’t get the absolute majority of 289 is because Liberals and Leftists did everything they can to stop them, meaning have an alliance for removing over 200 candidates to make sure the RN cannot win… but the results are that now, neither the Leftists nor the Liberals can govern, and they’re already fighting for who’s gonna be the leaders… even inside the Leftists group, they’re fighting because communists don’t have the same views than socialists… So their alliance is very fragile when it will come to vote for laws, pass budgets, etc… The RN/Nationalists were not in position to win if Leftists and Liberals make an alliance… but what matters is that the Nationalist are winning more and more seats at each new elections over the last 20 years, and there’s no triangulaire for the next Presidential elections… and until then, the whole government will be blocked and might become a huge disaster, with no one to lead…

[@Kabodanki]

Everybody loose, the country is now ungovernable. The alliance between Macron and NFP won't stay for a long time lol. All I can see is that the RN despite everything is slowly going up and up.

[@fernandomachado1728]

You say it like it's a bad thing... :).

[@himecool3452]

On that last note though, they apparently will have partisan temporary electors to run the government in the meantime so there’s that

[@samsca8529]

Uh… they lost

[@TheSegert]

I would say that political 'alliance' is vote manipulation. Things should be representative.

[@Tartersauce101]

Import your voters, unbeatable strategy. Only gets stronger with time.

[@Kabodanki]

Jean Luc Melenchon, president of the far left party said that french with french ancestry are the "issue". I wonder how saying this kind of things is accepted.

[@blackwatertv7018]

Cry and cope dude. That’s part of living in a democratic society. Everyone gets a vote.

[@MentalParadox]

@@blackwatertv7018 That's part of being a traitor who subverts democracy by importing foreigners to buy votes.

[@Tartersauce101]

@@blackwatertv7018 What I'm saying is that the 'everyone' in everyone gets a vote has changed and become a tool, rather than a static thing. Need more votes? Open the border they'll vote for whoever let them in. Repeat till you have total control and the other rival parties/ideologies lose all power. I've completely accepted this reality, idk what I need to 'cope' about.

[@longiusaescius2537]

@blackwatertv7018 I just got 3 votes to take your house, cry and cope dude

[@RenzoTravelsTheEarth]

It's not a defeat, only a delay.

[@casinodelonge]

Always great content. Thank you.

[@star.759]

I wish we had a system like this in the UK for electing mps fptp is so bad

[@BlueIvory4]

This is still first past the post, just with two rounds.

[@jared4walsh]

this is worst then what you got. it need to like Belgium or Albania it need to be at 3% or 5% PR it's only way to save it. the Far-Right party want's the PR so bad.

[@regularpineapple8918]

This is only slightly better than fptp. A system like Mixed-member proportional representation would be better for the UK

[@g3523jaen]

Look at this. It aint great either: National Rally - 37,1% - 142 seats New Popular Front - 26,3% - 188 seats Ensemble - 24,7% - 161 seats

[@wh880]

This is worse! The communists got three million less votes then the RN!

[@NemoMangelk]

This was excellently explained. I had no idea how the French system worked.

[@josemama428]

There is no voting out of this mr Frodo

[@stronensycharte64]

All white Europeans know in the post world war era is suffering and discrimination. Its only going to get worse mark my words... soon there will be nowhere left for us to go and feel safe in our own nations.

[@ata5855]

EXACTLY

[@BashouEx]

The only reason they lost I bcuse they said the would be a lame duck if they didn't get majority, basically the gop book, which doesn't work for multi party systems

[@Nobody-bn7cn]

There's an issue, the Basque Nationalist was elected with the NFP etiquette as EH Bildu joined the NFP and we're given a constituency. And I should add that the presidential camp is not presidential in all but name, many MP are becoming increasingly hostile towards Macron.

[@n0rmal953]

Yeah, because people form EM!/Ensemble came from a lot of different parties in the first place and his decisions are increasingly unpopular

[@Kabodanki]

Bro... In the NFP, there's Raphael Arnault, a dude is S listed by the french state (meaning he's a threat to the country, like terro rist are for exemple), his ngo was sentenced for anti semite act not a long time ago, he was even himself sentenced for violence in group... You can't make that S up

[@jmiquelmb]

EH Bildu is a legitimate party in Spain that in no way supports terrorism or violence. ETA disappeared long ago. They have made alliances with the Spanish socialists and even sometimes with the Spanish right in some municipalities. It would be unfair to pretend they're violent now due to their historical ties with basque terrorism. By the same logic, we should ban RN since they have obvious ties to fascism and neonazis.

[@n0rmal953]

@@Kabodanki yeah being a criminal never stopped any politicians, lol. Frankly I hate this shit.

[@quiquemarquez3211]

​​​​@@jmiquelmbSometimes like with Pello during the last Basque Country elections they struggle to condemn the past(and apologise to the victims at times) of course it varies from candidate to candidate but there are still some old members of ETA calling the shots. Does that mean all the party is like that? Of course not, they are just on their way to fully leave behind their past. Left wing Basque nationalism is really popular but they really should also reflect and don't hesitate to remember. How many seats did they get though? The Eh Bai candidate said something about three seats(but I guess they will need to share with the NFP and only Peio will get to be in Paris) that's a phenomenal victory and good call truly joining the NFP. Quite the historic result.

[@Jonathan_Doe_]

Much like Labour in the UK, the new coalition in France essentially has one term to address the national security and social issues making people swing towards the far right, or the far right will win the next election.

[@rixorobert]

And they probably won't

[@_Historia_Magistra_Vitae]

There is no Far-Right in the France nor in the UK tho.

[@DavidSmith-pu9ct]

@@_Historia_Magistra_Vitae whats far right your majesty?

[@_Historia_Magistra_Vitae]

@@DavidSmith-pu9ct : Assuming we agree that the Far-Left is characterized by socialist ideologies such as Marxism and Collectivism in general, then logic dictates, that the Far-Right in return is characterized by capitalistic ideologies, ideologies based on the principles of (Classical) Liberalism and individualism in general.

[@ricardomaximus424]

Oh my god, people keep saying this since 2016 and the "far-right" never gets elected anywhere that matters. Maybe the majority of the population just thinks these parties are incompetent? The recent results are perhaps worst than Le Pen's defeat in the president race in 2022.

[@morekite]

No, France's first Basque nationalist MP was not an independent. They were the nominee for the NFP in their constituency.

[@moddalgaming3619]

They? Was there multiple candidates then?

[@Kabodanki]

Saying nationalist in France is a bit misleading, the RN is for Europe.

[@BzhToine]

@@Kabodanki They are only for EU since they saw what happened to UK. Before that they had invented the Frexit concept.

[@jaykay6249]

I was waiting for your explanation

[@jamieoliver4710]

KZbin channels just read off news articles now with fancy graphics. No proper analysis or independent thought.

[@R1chardH]

This seems deliberately convoluted.

[@theyellowarchitect4504]

dEmOcRaCy Used to be just vote for a party, once. Now you have multiple rounds, coalitions/alliances and more complex bs which not even 10% of the population understands. Same technique behind banking and stocks; Become so complicated that the average person will never understand.

[@ymk8355]

It is weird that they went voting three times and voters gave pretty much the same answer in the first two votes. So they vote in the first round for the parties they want in and then in the second round vote again the party they don’t want in...

[@theyellowarchitect4504]

Weird? It was planned.

[@DavidSmith-pu9ct]

@@theyellowarchitect4504 voting multiple times leads to fraudulent results ...but its france ala akhabar

[@Berkay.E]

It's strange that everyone lost in this gamble.

[@cedriclenners3737]

Not Macron in mu opinion. On the contrary: ha has secured his party inside the majority until the end of his presidency. The Left can't govern without them. He goes from an hostile parlement to one with a relative majority with the left. Not so bad for him. Only bad for France

[@cedriclenners3737]

Not Macron. His party is now unavoidable for the left to govern. He has his presidency secured. He suceed in his gambit. France loose

[@ryanfoo5286]

Lets see if the left will hold... lets hope shit doesnt collapse atleast

[@Labyrinth6000]

So glad we have a 2 party system in the US. European system looks like a nightmare when too many parties are in power which means nothing gets done.

[@cedriclenners3737]

​@@Labyrinth6000 you have countries with5 or 6 parties coalitions that works quite well. The problem is to have compatible ideas to be able to advance. In France it was between far left(including openly communist and marxist parties) and ex far right(RN whish used to be far right but now is softer on some issues). That's why Macron is ibdeed the winner, because even if his centrist party lost seats, no one can have majority without his party. So he has actually secured his position.

[@Infillet3014]

man I really wish my country also has a two round election system

[@ymk8355]

The first round is democracy the second one is big brother eviction right?

[@ShovelShovel]

The system of government was created by a monarch so that he could consolidate his power.

[@birdatbattlefield]

No you really don't.

[@TheRbruin10]

Hell no. Second round is literally stealing your vote and election interference. No thank you

[@lefr33man]

you really, really, reaalllly don't.

[@kavk3874]

I love how I feel like my great school teacher is explaining the news to me. Plus the presenter is so humble his T-shirt is so creased.

[@unownnnn]

This is a sad state of affairs that parties will do anything to win. Doesn't matter if their jobs much harder because of it

[@TheOneWhoMightBe]

Does the _Too Long_ e-mag come with a supplementary 2-page summary leaflet called _Didn't Read_ ?

[@leemacdonald6533]

The WEF pulled some strings, that's what happened.

[@ThatGuy-bz2in]

I really hope you're joking, because otherwise you're an idiot.

[@PunmasterSTP]

I'm afraid that if politics keeps getting co-opted, then the will of the people will eventually have to be expressed in violence. Full disclosure, I don't live in France and I hate violence, but I don't know what else would happen. I'd implore the people of France to fix their political system and try to save their society before it's too late, but I'm afraid it already is.

[@markymarco2570]

"fix political system", "save society" this is classical nazi speach, so yes you condone violence

[@cuongdo9958]

😂😂😂 never underestimate Macron. He could drive the old retired Booing 747, then nothing he couldn’t 😂😂😂

[@worldview730]

Great work professor 👍👍👍👍😎

[@Fcfcfcfcfcfc]

The National Rally ( my party) went from 88 to 143 seats, the largest SINGLE party in the assembly. How did we lose exactly? Can u explain?

[@Juicexlx]

In the Assemblée Nationale, RN representatives will be carnival barkers, unable to implement any part of their Fascist manifesto...It's perfect.

[@baptistebadet4056]

Le score est très bon en soit, c'est une déception par rapport aux attentes, on attendait le RN avec environ 100 sièges de plus.

[@Fcfcfcfcfcfc]

@@baptistebadet4056perso je suis très satisfait du résultat. Je préfère que macron et ses gauchos assument tout ce qui va suivre: émeutes, banqueroute, attentats aux JO. Bardella et Marine auront les mains propres.

[@Fcfcfcfcfcfc]

@@Juicexlxwhen melenchon tries anything ( except exciting his islamist hordes), the whole assembly will reject him, people will realise he cant do anything, ( except destruction) and 2027 will see RN in power

[@shary0]

A big party, but a party that is isolated with no ally and only ennemies. A party that cannot form a group in the assembly. A party that cannot govern.

[@Tralvan]

I think it would've been interesting to mention that a lot of RN voters are complaining on twitter that RN around 10 Million votes, (nearly 40% and an easy first place in popular vote) in the entire country, while Ensamble and Popular Front only got a bit above 6 million each, but only got 3rd place in number of seats in parliament. But thats just how the french voting system works with its individual elections in the constituencies.

[@Tralvan]

And I'd like to Add that: In France RN has nearly 40% of the popular vote, but only around 30% of the seats in parliament, while In UK Labor has only 35% of the popular vote, but got above 50% of seats in parliament getting a majority. So if Frances voting system was slightly different, with the exact same voting numbers RN could have an absolute majority in the parliament right now.

[@joeschipper6465]

so france has something similar to that stupid system in britain then?

[@alphasaft2130]

Nononono, they got 30% of the voters which make up for 20% of the total could-vote, not 40% ??

[@SCharlesDennicon]

How is it stupid...?

[@josecano1505]

thank you for keeping me informed! and greeting from California

[@brotherowl]

Incredible how hard irrational emotional people will fight for their own doom.

[@Whoeverthatis-g5t]

I assume you're talking about National Rally candidates

[@yerip4657]

Where can I find the percentage of votes that each party got? I'm searching everywhere but can't find it. I want to know if this election is similar to the UK one

[@mathyeuxsommet3119]

Wikipedia.

[@Johan-em6kg]

@@johnpminis I could be wrong but iirc the NFP actually got 27%

[@shanghaichica]

@@johnpminisworse than the UK election? Were reform supposed to when won somehow with their 14% of the vote. I guess that 14% is worth more than 33%.

[@harriporo796]

The mainstream media is doing everything it can to not mention it.

[@richdobbs6595]

For a while yesterday, Wikipedia had a real clear, well formatted table showing vote totals. It didn't last long, apparently being too clear that it wasn't really a leftward swing. Most of the information is still there, but it is not so obvious.

[@sarianoob]

Danke schön für das Video! 🇩🇪

[@MichaelKlinePhotoVideo]

Many thanks. Your video helped to explain the process in France, that I was curious about.

[@ChrisF-jt1qf]

Nows probably the worst time to win anyways. Le Pen will probably have a better shot as the opposition over the next few years

[@Livinginlanguage]

Note - Macron is pronounced without an accent (especially not the American tendency to accent the second syllable). Regarding the results - the RN had the biggest vote share (37%) and gained 53 seats. It didn't win outright and this will prove a positive for them. France's economy is tanking and Macron's spending is sky high. What happens when he presents his budget to the EU in September? He was hoping to blame the RN (he said before the election that he had rolled a grenade amongst their legs). The left and the communists etc. will probably begin in-fighting and everything will deteriorate further. The RN just needs to keep its cool.

[@GeorgiaMartin-ll9qg]

This is so true and I’m very surprised it wasn’t mentioned in this apparently in-depth explanation!

[@ThatOneSaltyFilipino]

4:14 I'm sorry, but can we talk about that god awful contrast between the dark blue and dark purple? They're on their way to violating accessability guidelines.

[@g.100]

Thought it was all te same till i saw this

[@Theactivepsychos]

Hasn’t this happened ever time for a decade and a bit?

[@EmberGemma]

These billionaires which I am not one of them but they worked hard getting where they are they did not need to use this superstition that video talks about to become a billionaires they have all kinds of antiques, heirlooms and many clothes that they don't wear anymore and it doesn't stop being rich they work hard they know where to invest their money in and what kind of strategy to use to make themselves rich so don't need to do this false teachings says to do.

[@SaraEsther242]

It’s not supposed to be easy. Anyone who finds it easy is stupid.

[@FordFox-7]

The investor's goal is to seek value in a way that minimizes risk and maximizes reward.

[@ClaraCora-7]

That is fantastic! I'm eager to start investing even though I have no experience with it. Which tactics do you use?

[@HaroldDylan-]

Until their own emotions burn them, people downplay the value of counsel. A few summers back, after a protracted divorce, I needed a big push to help my firm survive. I searched for consultants with the right credentials and found the most qualified one. Despite inflation, he assisted me in increasing my reserve from $275k to $850k.

[@LatoyiaCouch87]

It is simpler to profit from the market if you work with a reputable broker or account manager.

[@tinycuisine6544]

Message from your mom: iron your t-shirt when you are on tv

[@sifuhotman1300]

France VS Paris, Marseille, Lyon 😂

[@cesruhf2605]

nah just France vs Marseille and Paris

[@nosinodi4412]

et la Bretagne, qui n'a donné aucun siège au RN, l'Alsace, qui n'en a donné qu'un, les Hauts-de France, la Normandie, le Centre-Val de Loire, L'Occitanie la nouvelle Aquitaine reste des terres contestée. Les régions de gros racistes restent PACA la Moselle et la Lorraine, faut arrêter de croire que vous êtes une marée de braves nationalistes, défenseurs de la "liberté d'expression" (seulement quand c'est pour cracher la haine des autres) et de la "laïcité" (des cathos intégristes) qui luttent vaillamment contre les derniers bastions de ces salauds de bobo-islamo-wokistes. Les électeurs RN sont soit des gens perdus, mal renseignés, qui souffrent de la politique macroniste et qui se sont laissé berné, soit des richos fasciste qui savent pertinement qu'ils foutent tout le monde dans la merde sauf eux.

[@longiusaescius2537]

Real

[@ramreddymatta]

Good explanation of french politics and election..thanks😊

[@folk.]

France: "This clearly doesn't work" Also France "MORE of what clearly doesn't work!"

[@anurag123B]

😂👏🏽

[@raven-sf3di]

You basically summed up most countries today.

[@kims4149]

Into Cohabitation we go !

[@hunk9730]

With trrst and radicles 😂😂😂

[@Kyragos]

The only true cohabitation would be if a part of Ensemble disavowed the president and joined the left or right to form a substantial majority group. Without that, any government would need the support of Ensemble. At this stage, it's hard to tell what will happen.

[@martinvodopivec98]

Can you not put dark blue next to purple because it is very hard to see how many seats different partys got

[@nikhtose]

The leftwing front is a mirage, can't hold, while the National Rally continues to advance, if not as fast as it appeared in the first round. Macron's government sits on quicksand.

[@patrickbateman1660]

Le pen has been doing this since 2017 and loses everytime.

[@Fringe31422au]

Calling the bluff of the support of National Rally was a risky strategy. It seems like the goal was to survive and stop the bleeding of support. And I'm surprised it worked.

[@Failbot123]

They got 37% of the vote, by far more than either of the 2 parties, so there is plenty of support. The other 2 just managed to play the system better.

[@JosephGibson]

its a plaster to a bigger wound - they're on the verge of losing and i hope, once and for all (the left and the fake republicans that is).

[@m.c.martin]

The right is growing in France. This election will piss off more French people eventually

[@scottwebb4722]

Macron's aim was to hope the RN would get into power and provide a PM for the assembly, and then show the people that they have no substance to govern whatsoever hammering their long term viability as a political party. This trap has now ensnared the left, who will soon have the misfortune of being on the same sinking ship as Macron. The left have no choice but to be the governing partners of Macron or be revealed as a glorified protest movement that can't get anything done. In a worst case scenario the government could yet dissolve again even before 2027, when the next presidential elections are due. Of course RN will publicly say they were aiming for higher, but privately the above result is better for their campaign in 2027 by not being associated with incompetence and failure.

[@Spidouz]

Only someone that doesn’t understand French politics would think “it worked”… Macron’s Liberals have lost hundreds of seats and lost the majority… in fact, no one has the majority anymore, which means not even the New Left could actually pass any significant laws. The RN almost double their number of parliament seats in 2 years and now they can still play the opposition game of criticizing every moves the Leftists or the Liberals will do… placing them in a good position for the next Presidential elections when Macron cannot be candidate anymore (2 mandates limit). So the Liberal party behind Macron could most likely fall apart with no successor. The New Left alliance made of 4 parties with different priorities (Communists, Socialists, Unbounds and Ecologists) will most likely fall apart since they’re already fighting to figure out who will be the leaders… their alliance worked to stop RN to have a majority, but they addressed the symptoms, not the problems… While in the mean time, the RN is slowly pushing new younger faces that will take over LePen (not putting all their eggs on one person, like Macron is doing with his party). So that’s definitely not a “victory” for Macron, and that’s not a victory either for the New Left since they can’t govern anyway… and that’s not a victory for the RN either because they can’t govern, but yet they gained seats and will stay in the opposition… most people are fed up with current political situation, so now RN has all advantage to gain seats and yet still be in the opposition, so they won’t be judged for their actions or laws they could pass if they would have a majority. It’s always easier to stay in the opposition… So long story short, no it was not a win for Macron, not at all.

[@virginiacharlotte7007]

I am SO confused by this voting system.

[@Waywind420]

Thats good, it means politicians can snake their way to power with little opposition.

[@virginiacharlotte7007]

@@Waywind420 yeah- I did pick up on that bit!

[@herlandercarvalho]

@@Waywind420 It's ok if you don't understand it either.

[@horacioelconserjeopina3956]

This election just proved that capital prefers leftism over nationalism.

[@dookdawg214]

Basically, everyone votes for whomever they want in the first round. After that round, the top two parties, plus any party that got 12% or more of the vote, get to be in the second round. That usually consists of just two parties to choose from. But sometimes it's three (and in rare cases four).

[@garthstomer]

I'm sorry, apparently I needed the "for dummies" version of this explanation.

[@nom_nom_nom_]

Ahh this will be great. Germany currently has basically a similar Government. Team "as long as it isnt the right" and its an absolute catastrophe

[@RinDrop]

Netherlands has the opposite in a 'so long as it isn't left' cabinet and we're currently placing bets on how many months it can last

[@kevinsmarts9953]

The richest, most stable, least corrupt and EU leading country is really a catastrophe? Have you seen Germany? Their economy is back on the rise their national debt is tiny and they have a robust welfare system. Where is this catastrophe?

[@AmonTheWitch]

​@@kevinsmarts9953 also ironic considering the CDU/CSU is the right, but of course the Far-right is crying that the Christian right doesn't like being evil

[@BlueOak-ym2ze]

​@@kevinsmarts9953Catastrophe for the parties in government. They lost very badly in the EU elections and are going to loose very badly in the next German election.

[@kevinsmarts9953]

@@BlueOak-ym2ze That's what they said in France.

[@DavidTate-en9dp]

I think that it was de Gaulle who said, "France would be a great nation, but for the French."

[@nsoper19]

Basically so called far right is not allowed but so called far left is just fine

[@Rage_Harder_Then_Relax]

Pretty good isn't it!

[@nabeelchutkae6194]

Yes, that's how voting works. People got what they wanted.

[@jonathandunn9302]

Please define what makes the far-left as exetreme as the far-right?

[@nsoper19]

@@jonathandunn9302 not sure. that's why I said "so called" people keep throwing these terms around.

[@toastedbread9752]

The funny thing is, le Front Populaire isn’t classified as far left by the official french institutions and political scientists. Their program is as standard as it gets for the left. On the other hand, le Rassemblement National is classified by most as far right. The trope of a far left as dangerous and menacing as the far right is an invention of the centrist to try to make themselves seem like the only reasonable option. The far left is in reality two or three small party who don’t hold a significant weight in the political power.

[@abchappell01]

That was an excellent video presentation outlining the results of the French national election of 2024

[@spudnic5849]

So, to sum this all up: The French don't even like the French.

[@Klaevin]

I mean, when it's illegal to poll how many people in france AREN'T EVEN FRENCH then you could say that the immigrants don't like the Franche, and that the Franch don't like the immigrants

[@topasworld2538]

Oh Jupiter..Once more must I fill in a form to apologise...