French legislative elections: 'Far right failed to convince it was ready to govern' • FRANCE 24

Richard Werly, France correspondent for Swiss newspaper Blick, and Douglas Herbert, France 24's international affairs commentator discuss the results of France's legislative elections that saw a leftist alliance score a surprise victory and take a look at what went wrong for the far-right National Rally, which many had tipped for a historic win.
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[@e4now788]

I am an American living in the USA, and I am paying attention. Thank you very much.......

[@CoffeenSpice]

Don't forget to vote in November!

[@zafier1]

Same, watching from Philadelphia

[@paleogreg7427]

Same. Shout-out from Connecticut

[@aayushmaaryal7032]

Called y’all dumb 😭😭😭 I’m giggling

[@Miidniightsun]

congrats

[@JupiterPlanet333]

So much respect for the French people and French voters.

[@lemming573]

Apparently there are tens of millions of French who are on board with violence as a means of political change. My personal philosophy is at odds with these people.

[@exomake_mehorololo]

But what people are these? When is Paris not in flames for something...

[@jooseppielleese7156]

@@exomake_mehorololo It's always far left goons doing it though, the establisment uses them to bait people into not voting for populist right. During 2020 election in the US all the rich people boarded up their store fronts and buildings in NYC and Batilmore etc. It's a psyop, the truth is there is more a chance of the elite being cast out from the right than the left ever since the USSR fell and the CCP liberalised.

[@carlislebailey8902]

@@exomake_mehorololonah they won yesterday so no riots !!! The communist and Marxists only riot when they loose and cry when they win ! 😅 somehow tells you who are the violent folks here !!

[@mariusmatei2946]

Yeah, the far-right!

[@pedtsukonin686]

They got 50 more seats than 2 years ago, that is remarkable. Just 2 more years, she would probably be the president of France.

[@mzee5533]

The French are smart theyll never vote 🗳️ for le pen

[@mantistoboggan2011]

Yeah, some of the left parties had to withdraw candidates.. which is usually the last resort in a democracy.. same thing happened in India, far left used to withdraw and support central left to prevent right wing from power and now far left is completely out of the picture and Far right is ruling for more than a decade

[@charles___]

@@mzee5533 The ppl who vote for two extremist positions are smart ? Lmao

[@Truelib99Hobbes]

Totally agree. This wasn't a victory for the left by any stretch. In fact the rioting by extreme lefitsts and Muslim activists immediately after the left's "win" probably made them instantly regret their votes.

[@sumeettanwar1608]

​@@mantistoboggan2011India doesn't have a far right. At best centre left vs far left. Everyone here is a socialist.

[@CMatthewHawkins]

Despite the hole the Democrats have gotten themselves in over here, I am watching from the U.S., and I greatly appreciate this clarifying broadcast on what Sunday's results really mean and the complex road ahead.

[@PeterS-yu7tq]

If French voters wanted the change, they would vote for Marie LePen. Like this, they will have version of the same as what was up to now, with different packaging. Until next elections.

[@sparks1792]

They did and 4 parties who agree on nothing combined. They’ve purposely handcuffed the government for 2 years. Europe is cooked lmao

[@exomake_mehorololo]

But people did vote for them.

[@samkosowick4912]

@@exomake_mehorololo33% of French voted for RN, that means 66% didn’t… that 66% is also willing to do basically whatever it takes to block RN from power!

Obviously, French voters don't want fascist change.

[@Stoddardian]

@@samkosowick4912 And yet the vast majority of the French want less immigration.

[@hieronymahoratius7502]

From the US, I am watching your news.

[@younghustlers6922]

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@patbenz4327]

Does that star spangled banner yet wave over the land of the free and the home of the brave?

[@despatchmanager6727]

The truth is that French are mad about Muslims not respecting French way of leaving hence support for far right and it will only get bigger

[@mathieuandres9068]

You can be French and practice any religion you want

[@rrickarr]

It will but France has to reap what it sowed in its illustrious colonial history.

[@despatchmanager6727]

@@mathieuandres9068 I agree you can be French and practice any religion you want buy you cannot be muslim and leave this religion without severe consequences for example

[@nitinpatil8519]

The sheer joy on the faces of the panelists and the headline tells the state of the media !!!

[@halberggb3124]

The happiness of the french voters too, don't forget that.

[@donatist59]

And 2/3 of the French people are smiling too.

[@jooseppielleese7156]

@@donatist59 they wont when a party made up various far left groups has to work with a party of liberal capitialists, Marcon still runs the country right?

[@Stoddardian]

@@halberggb3124 They got the most votes.

[@Stoddardian]

@@donatist59 2/3 of the French do not want the far left either.

[@vayres7512]

It's called Democracy.

[@Stoddardian]

RN got most votes. They should be the biggest party in parliament. It's the opposite of democracy.

[@vayres7512]

@@Stoddardian Really? Remember the USA election in 2016. Get real.

[@Stoddardian]

@@vayres7512 That was a presidential race, not a parliamentary one.

[@GusShredny]

@@vayres7512 : Even with her army of dead voters, Hilary still couldn’t win.

[@ace6285]

Democracy used to mean rule by the people, not rule by the state run and funded media .

[@elda6973]

Can you please give a second to all the rioting in France …. not only last night, 2 weeks ago ….. constantly ??? is this part of French Culture ???? is it ok ? you don’t like France Identity and Peace ? The Absence of French Flags 🇫🇷. ???????????

[@mathieuandres9068]

Oh noooo the absence of French flags, I’m literally shaking rn

[@jamesevans1890]

The far right won in terms of coming first by a long way in votes - 37%. The two parties on 25% each came 1st and 2nd in seats. It was a stitch-up, carving the country up between two completely opposite political camps.

[@LiftUpNotDown]

The voters decided.

[@peabase]

That's rich, considering that the RN has sowed division like no other. Democracy is all about majorities. The PiS, which won last year's Polish election, couldn't convince anyone to join in a coalition with them either. That's what you get when you alienate potential partners. But the far right can't help itself in that respect.

[@siZeDcuBe]

The voters decided on national rally and the system decided not to listen ​@@LiftUpNotDown

[@alanbstard4]

@@peabase division is democracy. Can't have democracy without division

[@svennielsen633]

@@LiftUpNotDown - the voters decided, but the result was manipulated by party agreements in the dark.

[@paradiselost9009]

Jordan Merdella they say .

[@sctrh2]

France goes through this process every election cycle: apathetic, dissatisfied voters stay home, the far right win votes in first round, france panics and the apathetic come back out to vote against racism. Twenty years living in france. It's the same old every time and is the reason they don't get the governance they want - because they always end up having to vote against racism in the last round instead of having - and deciding upon - good choices. Yes, Macron can wait a while - it's the summer holidays. Nothing interrupts the holidays. Or they sneak stuff in while everyone is looking in the other direction.

[@MrHellelement]

It's a good thing France is so adept at fighting against racism. Soon it will be the indigenous French themselves in a daily struggle against racism...like all conquered peoples must endure.

[@gandigooglegandigoogle7202]

I see you don't know anything...

[@adsfwef1331]

This is not true. Backroom deal and suffling were made.

[@Optimistic-101]

Must be horrible to vote against somebody you don’t want instead of somebody you do. It’s like picking a turd over a jobbie. It seems an ever decreasing circle until the inevitable happens.

[@kellypaws]

Pretty much what I do every five years.

[@mofo78536]

Time for preferential voting reform then?

[@Optimistic-101]

@@mofo78536 I’m not & cold over that. You see countries who do it if it ain’t an outright win take 18months to form a government.

[@WaveRider1989]

​@@mofo78536seems like that's how democracy is everywhere unless we go with China system which Chinese have valid reasons to claim it's great.

[@Nandutmg]

Right vs centre and left it's an ugly match.

[@ravipuralena7747]

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

[@stespfr]

So mighty she lost the presidential election 3 times in a row - landing even the 2nd and 3rd worst results for a candidate in a run-off election for president. The FN/RN party was founded in 1972, over 50 years ago, and it never won any national elections. But yeah, Le Pen is mighty as a sword. A flaccid sword, maybe?

[@robertseaborne5758]

The French electoral system uses the tried and tested divide and conquer strategy to divide and weaken French voters as and when required by it's ruling/ political class designers to retain their power and control. Hopefully the French people eventually achieve the necessary cohesion to break free of this contrived ruling/political class entrapment.

[@Toto-cl8rw]

The voters made a decision and the far right lost. Change is what the majority wanted and they said it in votes. Democracy in action.

[@jaketaylor3901]

Checking in from Phoenix, Az, USA 🇺🇸

[@lowesonia8551]

He gave the opinion that he was F.N. Supporter!

[@ElfinHat96]

They got 37% and were first place in voting. Just because they use horrible election system in France doesn't mean far right wasn't chosen by the people.

[@svennielsen633]

You see a similar undemocratic system in the UK: Labour only got 33% of the vote (less than Le Pen) but two thirds of the seats in parliament. Reform got 16% of the votes but less than 1% of the seats. So much for democracy in Europe!

[@GusShredny]

@@svennielsen633: True. Actually only 20% of those British who were eligible to vote, voted for Labour!

[@mathieuandres9068]

cry harder loser

[@mathieuandres9068]

cope harder

[@donatist59]

​@svennielsen633 The RN got roughly the same percentage of seats as it got of votes. Just because your party didn't win doesn't mean the system is undemocratic.

[@gerrygallen5911]

The UK election could, in no way, be called Democracy. The French election could. "Of the people, for the people, by the people."

[@rioquibu]

No, it’s not. Macron had his own party representatives quit so they can be replaced with communist throughout different regions.

[@ace6285]

Of the media, for the media, by the media.

[@wilhelmheinzerling5341]

Viva la France 🇫🇷 ♥️ 🙌

[@patrickokeeffe539]

Simple if you want to win, you need the other parties at least to be indifferent to you.

[@CodeLeeCarter]

The right clearly won every department, but Paris alone nullified the people's vote, how is that democracy when one province can decide for the entire country?

[@nimeshpatel6006]

Why should a province with a population of 25,000 people decide?

[@donatist59]

2/3 of voters voted against them. Why should they govern?

[@exomake_mehorololo]

Labour in the UK got 1/3 of the votes but vast majority of the seats... Democracy apparently means anything and everything as long as their was a vote

[@Stoddardian]

@@donatist59 3/4 voted against the far left.

[@donatist59]

@Stoddardian Right... which is why the far left can't form government. Why is this so confusing to you?

[@exomake_mehorololo]

Labour in the UK got 1/3 of the votes but vast majority of the seats... Democracy apparently means anything and everything as long as their was a vote

[@WaveRider1989]

That's what happens when there are multiple parties running and people's votes split. Same thing in India, a party can win majority with 30% votes n

[@jooseppielleese7156]

As a Helldiver i support the managed democracy of the first past the post system of the UK and the Runoff forced to vote for those you don't like system of France. it's also like these two systems are outdated and favour the establisment, and thats a good thing.

[@karoltomis5704]

The world has changed - globalization had got the upper hand! The massmedia can´t see it, the voter can. Why? Because the main battle-front between the working class and capitalist (and his protector, the capitalist state) got secondary. The main battle line moved into the international space and the battle rages between the national interests and ones of supra-national capital.

[@yx6810]

It has nothing to do with democracy. It is all about Farage's reform UK intentionally split the votes. This brilliant man managed to sink 200+ seats of Tories while his party only got 5. He pretty much hand over the landslide to Labour on a silver plate all by himself.

[@mariusmatei2946]

​@WaveRider1989 no, that's what happens when the electoral system does NOT reflect (even, respect) the people's (political) choice; i.e. the people's vote!

[@MrSzwarz]

French a tremendously eager, interested and experienced society in politics, not like English who are totally ignorant of their own country, and economy.

[@Woke_Invaders]

I wouldn't be so sure.

[@kellypaws]

@@MrSzwarz And from today’s Sweeping Declarations and Ignorant Assumptions correspondent, take it way Richard.

[@emcarver8983]

It was the same in UK. Farage got 6 million votes, but it goes on seats. We are petitioning for proportional representation. She got more votes than anyone, so I don't understand your question. SHE didn't do anything wrong. The establishment fixed it so they could get what THEY wanted, not the FRENCH PEOPLE.

[@mirandamondes3441]

No no, it wasnn't exactly like that. Here in France we two rounds of voting. The first voting round works as a qualification round, since there are many smaller parties in France. Every vote was counted, it was the highest turnout since 1997, RN is third on seats AND on votes. In most places were Rassemblement Nationale was facing a socialist, ecologist, centrist, liberal or leftist candidate they lost on the secod round. Most french people cannot agree on anything, but hating xenophobic populists is still pretty popular apparently.

[@shikharsrivastava3558]

It is Democracy. There are about 25-30% of Voters who want RN But there are about 55-60% of Voters who absolutely do not want RN. It's their right to vote that way. Many of this 55-60% may hate Macron but they hate RN even more. Make what you want with it - but that's the reality.

[@perseuspersikus6830]

If RN did the same thing with another right wing party, and they tried but failed, you would be celebrating and calling it fair. Cope with it. Democracy protected itself and France dodged a bullet.

[@emceaboom]

RN got 37% of the vote! Fair enough, the majority voted against them - but it's not true that the French 'rejected' RN.

[@bweresquirrel8279]

Had to stop at 21 minutes. What a blatant insult to my country. Stereotype, much?

[@ClydeBreeze_994]

Because two parties teamed up togheter to prevent the will of the people from prevailing, that's why! SHAME‼️

[@mirandamondes3441]

Two parties vs will of the people? Man, if was the highest election turnout since 1997 and people voted against Rassemblement Nationale. National Rally is third on seats AND votes. Most french people cannot agree on anything, but hating inept amateur xenophobic populists is still pretty popular apparently.

[@LiftUpNotDown]

😂 So the votes of the non-RN don’t count? You just don’t like the outcome.

[@georgiegorge6679]

dumb c... , they voted , it`s called democracy 🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣😂😂

[@OsbornsConcise]

So the people who voted for parties other than RN are not French people? Typical fascist far-right world view you have. You lost, you do not have the majority of the people, the French people have spoken

[@peabase]

The victim mentality is strong with you far righties.

[@loantran-thanh7795]

Mélenchon will never and cannot be prime minister. The man is too controversial and extremist, and the majority of the French people, who like me, have voted for the left, do not want to see Mélenchon in any government. Whether the far right or the far left, they propose things that are unrealistic. The far right or left are crazy, the moderate left and right are inexistent, the center (macron’s ) is not that great either. What do we have left?

[@doubleaadoubleaa5538]

The people don’t see that. People shouldn’t support a man like that. A fan of dictators and the stuff he says. He is wild.

[@rajivmechbit]

what do you have left? offcourse LEFT

[@Woke_Invaders]

But you voted left, you risk Mélenchon being PM. What logic is that?

[@carlislebailey8902]

Too late for that !!! I hope he will become prime minister … and pave the way for 2027 !! Just wait and see if you think you are economically better under far left lol 😂 !! They just want to make European people poor and redistribute our business and wealth while making themselves and their mates rich in process and making you all their peasants !

[@stevehoogenakker9619]

The right! Never heard you call the left the far left. Your talking points are so apparent

[@donatist59]

Everyone calls la France insoumise "far left".

[@steph1387]

16:20 reporter literally calls out the far left here

[@polreamonn]

You should probably listen.

[@Warbeaver]

Start using far left in your videos, Communists and Climate activists are far left.

[@patriciafitch2432]

I'm watching from the US.......

[@patbenz4327]

Okay, but can you see what's so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last glimming?

[@ricgillingham8056]

No disrespect but France needs to get there house in order and continue to support and work with there trade and defensive partners as in NATO and the EU no excuses.

[@rioquibu]

It is a strange way of conducting democracy. It appears that gerrymandering was conducted by Macron and he did it instantly and with total power.

[@loantran-thanh7795]

Gerrymandering does not exist in France. What are you talking about?

With all the French muslims this was a foregone conclusion 😢😢

[@lowesonia8551]

Only paying for Colonising Algeria. Treating them as second class citizens.The same Pay Back for Britain. There are many coin phrases that are used. I prefer to believe You Treat Others as You Wish to Be Treated. Too mus Injustice hatred racism in this world Policions treat people as Pions on the CHESS BOARD OF THEIR DESIRES. NOT RIGHT. THEY HAVE TOO MUCH POWER.

[@halberggb3124]

Islamophobia has always been the backbone of this racist extremist party.

[@polreamonn]

They lost because they're losers.

[@tom-hu6hc]

A dirty politics of Macron in second round has put far right into third party...

[@loantran-thanh7795]

Not dirty politics, just politics. Alliances, alliances. Gabriel Attal will stay for the moment.

[@Syria-z6s]

Because they are racist, racism is not popular anymore

[@jooseppielleese7156]

The party is more popular than ever

[@alisin1dland68]

I agree , those Islamists are proper racists & sexists. This is a terrible result for France & we can see from the lefts celebrations in Paris last night where they burnt & smashed things up the type of people they really are Wolfs in sheep's clothing, that most of now see .Bet those who fell for their lies feel pretty stupid now. Give it 6 month's they'll be begging for the le penne

[@Stoddardian]

They literally got the most votes.

[@hansweichselbaum2534]

A type of caretaker government seems to be the best option, at least in the short term.

[@kellypaws]

What part of third are they struggling with? 1, 2, 3. Third. Not first. Third. Step away. Shut up.

[@Stoddardian]

Third, and having the most votes. No, they will NOT shut up.

[@kellypaws]

@@Stoddardian Tough. That's how the system works. Shut up, or be treated as requiring to shut up. That's the way the system works.

[@Stoddardian]

@@kellypaws Nope, we will not shut up. The vast majority of police and armed forces vote for RN. It's only a matter of time before they use force.

[@kellypaws]

@@Stoddardian Can't hear you. Try voting next time.

[@Stoddardian]

@@kellypaws Nope, voting clearly doesn't matter. Only force will solve this. Events like Jan 6 in the US are only the beginning.

[@Misiok89]

Macrone should give responsibility for parliament to winners and create narrative that they have their moment to show how effective they can handle

Given the makeup of the French population, no wonder😂

[@loantran-thanh7795]

The make up of the French population started under the Romans (Julius César, you heard about him?), and it kept changing since then.

@@loantran-thanh7795 yes and Charlemartel got rid of the Arabs at Poitiers in 743. This is what I was getting at. As for the Viets they got rid of the French in 1954.

[@fisterklister]

It did not

[@loantran-thanh7795]

Je ne veux pas de Mélenchon !!!! Et j’ai voté pour la coalition de gauche, mais surtout pas de Mélenchon

[@carlislebailey8902]

No the never bow guy and communist need to govern they have won !! Let them implement what you voted for !!! And then let people decide how they like it ❤

[@minded8929]

They are losers thats why. Lol

[@Stoddardian]

They literally got the most votes.

[@minded8929]

@@Stoddardian It's like getting most rebounds in basketball

[@Stoddardian]

@@minded8929 No, they should be first in parliament.

[@KathyLemire]

This must be mainstream media, God help France. All this election has proven is that someone is good at math, prayers from Canada

[@ace6285]

They are going to experience the horror of the Liberal/ NDP/ Bloque coalition. Soon they too will have the 200 million dollar censoring department and taxation of everything that exists.

[@kalifatokata]

Wokes criticizing FAR a right. As always on this channel.

[@jdocean1]

No such thing as wokes.

[@Stoddardian]

@@jdocean1 Anti-whites

[@deanna5585]

American here - I’m tuning in to France and I am not dissuaded by the anti-Biden sentiment. I know it’s an international game to assume that Americans are clueless, but we are really engaged in keeping our democracy - the longest running democracy in the world - from falling apart.

[@carlislebailey8902]

What about Iceland 🇮🇸

[@spg5658]

RN will win next time. For now Macron might have to try to recruit the Center-Right party to form a relative majority

[@carlislebailey8902]

No let the left govern bro 👊🏻 !!! Hard left !! They need to get into the power and show the people exactly what they want to do !!! So they themselves pave the way 🎉to 2027

[@ibenzawla]

😂😂😂 Most ridiculous elections I have seen. No wonder right wing lunatics are pissed.

[@donatist59]

They got a third of the vote and they think they have the right to govern. Entitled people.

[@kellypaws]

Well at least they didn't roll out a convicted felon to say that they were rigged without a shred of evidence. There's that.

[@rioquibu]

What’s the right wing? Lunatic to you?

[@ibenzawla]

@@rioquibu Meant to say 'Far Right lunatics'. They way crazier and totally clueless.

[@ibenzawla]

@@rioquibu Just like Far Right Lunatics but a bit moderate.

[@alanbstard4]

Herbert is so wrong

[@gerrygallen5911]

And could he stop calling the 'National Rally' the 'National Front' - his statements are confusing - NFN...RN... ? Has he got dementia?

[@christianchurchill]

Long live Le Pen.

[@tinhuoស្រីមុំtinhuoស្រីមុំ]

🎉

[@meenamurmu7605]

Doghlas is 100% correct.. we the French voters saw those videos.. if any party wants to win they must focus on policies not hatred, policies.. an inclusive not devisive policies..

[@GusShredny]

Yes, because inclusiveness has been so successful across Europe. 😂

[@mathislevee3947]

​@@GusShredny Italy tried the divisive approach, it backfired immediatly, it's not like immigrants origin population represents a big part of the population, accepting lower wages so that somebody finally sends your trash away or sends your uber eats, doing everything so that immigrants origin population hate you will not help you in the long run. People want a better way of life for them, not getting a shittier one for the others

[@joseSanchez-ej2oh]

😤🇺🇲

[@hookmuiyb]

Dirty polotics by Macron.. And you make it sound Democratic

[@puchatek5584]

You disappointed me France. disappointed me and all patriots in France, Poland and all across Europe

[@jdocean1]

If you have to call yourselves patriots then you probably aren’t.

[@enricomiceli8704]

go take a leap loser

[@wilhelmheinzerling5341]

You're a fascist

[@basilrichards4205]

Talk nonsense .....facts please

[@eespn4764]

Far right got maximum percentage vote😂😂😂36 %

[@dusanvuckovic17]

the silent majority hates extremists

[@younghustlers6922]

The French have said NO!! To the far right. 12:10 Take note America they are DESPERATE, they want power SOOO BAD . Keep em from it!! 🇺🇸

[@loriloritony511]

Can you explain how French elections work? I am confused. So they vote 2 times. Like last week and then this week. But only the 2nd vote counts? I am confused.

[@spg5658]

​@@loriloritony511YES first round narrows down several candidates to just two or three. Then the second round has only those remaining two or three and that winner goes to Parliament

[@loriloritony511]

@@spg5658 seems like what they are trying to pull in our elections using rank choice voting. Seems like a scam to me.

[@Leptospirosi]

I guess every public broadcast service shilling for macron's side, screaming "FEAR the dark MAN!!! " has nothing to do with that. 🤦

[@CoffeenSpice]

1:49 I think he made mistake and was talking about new popular front there 😂

[@sparks1792]

We didn’t watch in the US we don’t give af lmao

[@Cross_heart09]

Who made him analyst😂😂

[@halberggb3124]

If you want unbiased analysis you go to GB News or Sky News Australia 😂

[@jooseppielleese7156]

@@halberggb3124 those suck too but so does France 24 it's shill channel for the goverment

[@overlycranked8674]

.... aka. the political smart French got a wheef of true evil under the cloak at the 11th hour.

[@andrewdgw6779]

Because it was probably rigged

[@truthismycause2800]

Elections in France can't be rigged🤡

[@tnickknight]

They don't have a crimrorange clown trying to rig the election

[@tnickknight]

They don't have a criminal clown trying to rig the election

[@jdocean1]

You sound like a Trumper. Everything you don’t like is rigged. Most people who can’t take responsibility for themselves and think everything is rigged against them end up in prison.

[@kimhansen8615]

Nice try...