Macron v Le Pen: The French Regional Elections Explained

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At the weekend a number of French regions voted in for new regional governments. That wouldn't normally be a big topic, but with French national elections on the horizon, many are looking to these votes for an indication of things to come. So in this video we explain the system, the results and what a loss means for both Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen
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[@titouancolombe7156]

Good video, but just a thing, you often show UMP logos, but the UMP doesn't exist anymore, they changed their name to LR.

[@TLDRnewsEU]

Good point, sorry about that. It's purely an error during animation & I'll make sure we don't make that mistake again! - Jack

[@patami2222]

@@TLDRnewsEU You were right not to use LR logo for Xavier Bertrand though, since he left LR just like several important politicians who won the first round of these local elections (e.g. Valérie Pécresse in Ile-de-France).

[@edsiles4297]

The UMP has just changed its name to LR, otherwise, it's not that different

[@claw5491]

patami2222 But Bertrand if he is candidate will need LR in 2022 and his list os supported by LR And most of his list is LR

[@Victor-el3ul]

@@claw5491 He could still run as an independent supported by LR, otherwise he would have to take control of the party, which will not be an easy thing given the fact that Laurent Wauquiez, their actual [edit : former] president got a large majority in his own regional seat and that he's seen by some as the one able to take part of the traditional right-wing conservatives back from Le Pen.

[@bobing1752]

You completely forgot to talk about the left-wing parties, despite the fact that they were first in 5 of the 13 metropolitan regions, and they had a cumulated more than 20% of the votes, with the socialist party (who was widely conseidered as dead because of an awful result in the last presidential election) scoring more than 15% of the votes. And there were even some left-wing coalitions, which is an exceptionally rare thing in French elections. I think you could not cover a British election and not talk about the labour party's results. That's pretty much the same except you forgot all of the left wing parties.

[@TheVugino]

Yes, I love your content but framing the presidential election in solely Macron against Le Pen and not reporting about any left-wing party despite reasonable scores from socialists and ecologists, the removal of the left-union candidacy in PACA, and a never-imagined coalition between socialists, ecologists and radical left (LFI) in Île-de-France (the reion of Paris) makes the presentation quite biased

[@frankkobold]

They are still British after all, with a huge bias to a 2-party-system as the norm...

[@vitorcardoso7477]

Here's hoping the Greens and the socialists lose even more space. They are legit enemies of the people

[@stopthecensure6349]

@@vitorcardoso7477 Why do you spew baseless bile everywhere? Free market capitalism is better in your eyes? The left will pick up popularity again.

[@atyshlmes4360]

@@TheVugino bro that didn't happen. there's 3 different candidates for the Ile de France. one green, one centerleft and one LFI.

[@neodym5809]

Regional elections in a centralist nation like France are of rather limited interest for the population, as the regions have rather limited powers. Different in federal nations like USA, Germany.

[@hugosetiawan8928]

give other unitary nation examples then i would believe you. Because that's just wrong, what people vote regionally can still influence how France is run. A unitary state doesn't mean that the central government has the whole power to his/her self, there's still autonomy.

[@TheLokiel]

This post doesn’t stand even a cursory fact-checking. In 2015, the turnout had been at 58,41%. In 2017, presidential elections and MPs election had respectively a turnout of 77.77% and 48,70%. In 2014, european elections had a turnout of 42,43%. Department in 2015 had a turnout of 50,17%. In 2014, municipalities had a turnout of 63,55%. Not only has turnout been divided by nearly 2 at this election but it’s on the third most popular election in the country, after city councils and the présidential elections.

[@Lapantouflemagic0]

@@hugosetiawan8928 I'm french and I guarantee that's how I feel. what are the regions doing exactly ? supervising some high schools and bus lines ? finance some museum exhibits ? what a pointless load of crap. I have a lot of political opinions, france has a lot of issues, but _none_ of them can be adressed at the local level. This whole mess should not require an election, just merge it with the prefecture or whatever.

[@andyfraz7498]

@@hugosetiawan8928 There’s obviously a correlation between how impactful an election is and its turnout, even if there still is importance to the vote. In unitary states with less devolved powers most people don’t know their local politicians so voting just wouldn’t matter as much, if you need an example compare Dutch local elections in 2019 with German ones in the same year. It’s telling that in the Netherlands, where even during covid they had a higher nationwide election turnout than Germany in a normal year, they still have 20% less turnout in local elections.

[@petertorvik8413]

Everbody's right! The department and regional governments may do important things, but a lot of French people have little visibility or interest for it. Nonetheless, up til now there was a strong sense of civic duty that led many people to go vote in these elections whether they thought they had a personal stake in it or not. So this dramatic falloff is very disturbing because it seems that sense of civic duty and the faith in the system that goes with it are being lost...especially in the younger voters.

[@ilianceroni]

Why english commentators always translate “rassemblement national” with “national rally”, but never translate “République en march!” With something like “let’s go republic!” Or “go republic!”? This last one makes Macron looks like a Pokémon trainer: “republic, I choose you!”😂

[@imperators_8700]

And they also don’t translate ps into socialist party either mostly even thought it wasn’t mentioned In this episode

[@qwerty9170x]

Its usually because "En March" is fairly natural in English (with every person familiar with "en garde" and such) so "The Republic En March" is then "The Republic on the Move" mentally. While we tend to just flip adjectives to the front, so its "National Rassemblement" that is then translated to "National Rally"

[@Halesnaxlors]

It's probably because "rassemblement" is a long word that Englishmen can't pronounce lol

[@Nugg99]

More like "The republic, forward"

[@ilianceroni]

@@Nugg99 yeah, but with “forward” I can’t make the pokémon joke, which is integral to my comment😉

[@maxbuster1508]

These elections are the first ones I participated in. The turnout may be low (really disappointed) but I'm doing my part.

[@Alex-noDrive]

@Niko Jdjd you shouldn't ask that... It's private

[@pancytryna9378]

Low turnout is a good thing for me, it shows that only people that actually care go to vote.

[@giuliogiuliani4054]

You are doing well to vote

[@gf4913]

@@pancytryna9378 People usually don't vote if they don't care, so if few people vote that means democracy has failed because Its main purpose is to involve everyone in the public discourse.

[@DoomDutch]

@@Alex-noDrive Assuming they asked which party they voted for; it's a legit question, but even more legit to refuse to answer.

[@xway2]

Hey, did you know that Sweden's government fell to a vote of no confidence yesterday? Within a week the prime minister has to either resign (and negotiations will start for a new one) or call an extra election which will then happen probably August/September.

[@jameslegrand848]

Funnily enough I did see a lot of headlines about that 😊

[@Haris1]

I did hear about it

[@malik250988]

Or he could just adopt rent control policies and gain back the coalition

[@xway2]

@@malik250988 C insists on market rents on new apartments, V will not accept that. This is the problem, there's no "just do this" that can solve it. He will need to find some way to satisfy both C and V.

[@Haris1]

@@xway2 Do the liberals have the same policy as the center?

[@DODO-up1cn]

Ah great, I'm French and I was waiting for this video to do my analysis. First of all, we have to note the record abstention: almost 70%, never seen in France under the fifth republic except for referendums. The covid-19 and the restrictions are not really responsible, last year, during the municipal elections, there was less abstention while the situation was more complicated. Even more worrying is that 82% of 18-25 year olds did not go to vote, almost half of them did not know that there was an election. This high abstention rate can be explained in different ways: -Firstly, the total incompetence of the government in organising the election. These elections were first scheduled for March, but postponed to 13 and 20 June, and then finally to 20 and 27 June to ensure that as many people as possible were vaccinated before the vote. For a while, it was even planned to postpone these elections beyond the 2022 presidential elections with the excuse of Covid (in reality everyone knew very well that if these elections were postponed to such a period it would only be to hide an unprecedented electoral disaster for LREM). This incompetence is also reflected in the non-receipt of the candidates' professions of faith by the voters, due in part to the fact that the government has mandated a private company for this and not "French postal service", a public company. -The second reason is the complexity of the territorial divisions in France and the different voting systems. Indeed, we do not only elect regional councillors, but also departmental councillors, who are in charge of the administration of the departments, a subdivision of the regions that do not have the same competences. In Germany, for example, the subdivision is simple (Federation, Länder, Communes), but in France, between the communes, the syndicates of communes, the communities of agglomerations, the community councils, the departments, the communities with special status, the regions, the cantons... in short, everyone gets lost quite easily, added to the fact that the territorial delimitations often change just like the competences of the various parties -third reason, and in my opinion the main one, a total rejection of politics.Because in France politics is a mafia: betrayal, corruption, lies, broken promises, parties that change their programme and political orientation at each election... And no party is spared, even those claiming to be populist and anti-elite (e.g. Marine Le Pen who embezzles €6.5M from the European Parliament thanks to a system of fictitious jobs to pay off her party's debt). (sorry for the sorry for the translation errors, I made this comment on Google Translate for go faster)

[@GASummary]

I mean, the fact that 80%+ (I even read up to 87%) of young people didn't voted should be a cause for alarm. These are numbers you are likely to see in authoritarian regimes where the people don't give the political class any legitimacy. Reminder young people in France are way likelier than in the rest of the West to vote far-right. Today, people who don't believe in the system simply decided to stay home on election day. Tomorrow, we might see another wave of Yellow Vest-style riots.

[@user-vf7kq7bk5d]

Pour les 6,5 millions, MLP ramène juste une partie de l'argent perdue dans l'UE, en France, au moins c'est cohérent avec son discours. 🤷‍♂️🇫🇷

[@Bloodysugar]

@@user-vf7kq7bk5d Ben voyons, faisons de l'abus de bien social une cohérence politique. XD Pour des pourris, oui, c'est cohérent.

[@BGatts666]

Non mec tu réfléchis trop la, le covid, ça fait bientôt 1 an et demi que ça dure, la plupart des gens en ont marre, la politique de base c'est pas vraiment le sujet qui déplace les foules en France, niveau abstention on a tjrs été de mauvais élèves, alors sérieux après 18 mois confinés tu crois vraiment que les gens vont aller voter, pour les Régionales? ben non c'est simple, rien a f**tre. Les enjeux sont pas vraiment apparent la, sur le fait d'aller voter ou pas, on est en France, ça va pas être l'anarchie parce que l'abstention est importante, voila ce que pense la majorité. C'est pas un problème de politique, de démographie, d'éducation etc, c'est juste l'humain qui n'a pas envie de s'embeter avec des choses qui n'amélioreront pas sont avenir plus ou moins immédiat. Et comme je disais plus haut la seule chose attendu par la majorité silencieuse c'est le retour à la "normale"

[@GASummary]

@@BGatts666 Désolé mais non. Dans tout les autres pays du monde ou il y a eu des élections depuis quelques mois il y a pas eu de telles chute de la participation

[@mrcvndrn1]

33% turnout the people watching this video care more than the people living in the region

[@pierren___]

They have mostly no powers

[@mix3k818]

Seeing so many coalitions reminds me of Poland. You can't enter Sejm without entering one of the 5 coalitions - ZP (PiS, SP, Porozumienie), KO (PO, .N, Zieloni, iPL), Lewica (NL, LR), KP (PSL, Konserwatyści) or Konfederacja (KORWiN, RN, KPP) EDIT: So far the only party that could break this is Polska 2050.

[@justanotherfrenchie]

Marine Le Pen's party is "Rassemblement National" not "Rassemblent National" :D

[@sajeucettefoistunevaspasme]

In a parlent Like a parlement but without em

[@lookingforsomething]

TLDR videos seem to have an average of 5-10 bigger or smaller spelling or image mistakes per video, but usually the information is good at least. I remember only being disappointed a handful of times when it comes to numbers and analysis, which is pretty decent, and definitely good enough for me.

[@justanotherfrenchie]

@@lookingforsomething Without any doubt. Their analysis is at least not biased.

[@andrewrobinson2565]

MLP's party doesn't (re)semble anything to do with the Republic.

[@_blank-_]

Quite a misleading name for such a divisive party.

[@corentinamouzou]

I would add that a lot of French doesn’t care about this elections as the responsibilities of the region are very limited (transportations and lycées (the school between ~14/15yo and 17/18yo before university). Moreover the advertising around this election was very low and except papers in our mailboxes and a debate on tv that nobody watched, we had no information about the candidates. Then a third point that can be important is that at the same time we had the departmental elections in which people usually votes for people they know like their mayors or the people already in place. Thus we were more encline to vote for the same party in the two elections and in local elections old parties (LR and PS) have better scores.

[@TheLokiel]

Régions are responsable for public transportation, professional training, R&D, economic development, sustainable development and take part in the public service of job seeking. This is in no way a « very limited » field of responsibility.

[@corentinamouzou]

@@TheLokiel Honestly the candidates talked mainly about transportation and public investment. (At least on public debates in idf). - For the remaining responsibilities you are citing, for almost every of those, the government have created or already have a similar initiative. 1 jeune 1 solution, pole emploi -> job seeking and pro training. - Convention citoyenne pour le climat-> loi climat+ ministère de la transition écologique ->sustainable development - R&D : minister of researches and superior studies - BPI France for economic development I’m not saying that regions are useless but I understand that a large part of the population can have this feeling.

[@Bloodysugar]

It surely is the less appealing election in our country for sure, yet abstention is rampant. European legislatives, legislatives, departemantales, all have 50% of abstention (not counting white votes and inscription avoidance) municipales get 60% of abstention. Only presidentials get 25% of abstention. It's not just about "well this specific election sucks)", it's way more "the less we vote the less elected ones are legitimate".

[@TheLokiel]

@@Bloodysugar city council election have consistently been one of the elections with the highest turn-out rate, nearing the presidential election. It’s been for decades between 64% and 70% turnout. The 60% absentee you are quoting (actually 55%) is actually only one election that happened right in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. We pushed the curfew back a few days just to be able to go to the polls, to the point that we couldn’t hold the second round for months.

[@Bloodysugar]

@@TheLokiel Covid didn't help for sure. But in 2014 city council elections broke the record at that time with 36.4% absentee. And this rise is an observable constant since 1983 (21%). It's not just about the pandemic, it's also a growing dynamic.

[@leroyprod]

As a French, I feel like a part of the election has been left on the side here. Another party that has a very good evening on Sunday was the center left Europe Écologie party. It was still a very small party ten years ago, and has now managed to place itself second to first on most regions. The second turn might see the emergence of a left-wing coalition, if the Front Républicain fails to form. And it might also push other left-wing parties, like Le Parti Socialiste and La France Insoumise, to abandon the presidential race to ally themselves with Europe Écologie. Continue all your videos guys, they’re really cool tho.

[@mrsupremegascon]

EELV just sucked the blood of the dying PS, that's why they growed fast. Same everywhere in Europe. But once people will realize they are the same idiots as the PS, it will stop. Already happenning IN France.

[@XenGame]

Une coalition de gauche derrière EELV est impossible, le parti est divisé de l'intérieur avec la ligne de gauche Bayou, et la ligne centriste de Jadot. En plus ils sont en sandiwch entre les Insoumis et les Socialistes. Je pense pas que ça soit possible de réconcilier LFI et le PS au niveau national.

[@TheLokiel]

There is NO way that you will see La France Insoumise not put forward a candidate for the presidential election. None. It can be argued for the Socialist party (but I highly doubt it) but Mélenchon will go the presidential election even if it’s the last thing he does.

[@corentinamouzou]

@@XenGame Chez LFI, melenchon veut trop se presenter pour laisser sa place a un candidat EELV

[@atyshlmes4360]

@@XenGame except if LFI gets Francois Ruffin as a candidate and a Union is formed. we can only prey 🙏🙏🙏

[@maddingue]

Three small factual mistakes: - LR (Les Républicains) and UMP are the same party; LR is the new name - RN is Rassemblement National (not Rassemblent National) - you barely mentioned the left wing parties, even though some did pretty well, much better than expected actually Other than that, it was delightful to hear you pronounce all these French names 😄 Keep on the good work!

[@YvesQuemener]

Another thing that was remarked was the ability for left wing parties to form coalitions, while many people thought it was cursed to be a "machine à perdre" a losing machine, hampered by divisions. The PS, that everyone thought was dead after Macron's election proved that it is alive.

[@patami2222]

I'm afraid it's less a problem at local level, at national level the clash of egos is very much alive

[@Kafei01]

It's easy to form a coalition in that kind of election : we vote for a list so all they have to do is mix all their respective parties in the list. In the presidentiel election, you vote for only one person, it's another story...

[@jordie4423]

Witth almost 80% of the voters staying home, the only thing this election proved is people are fed up with politics. This is a loose for democracy, i think the people will vote in the presidential election and I think Le Pen has a serious chance of becoming the next president

[@TheLokiel]

@@jordie4423 66% of voters stayed home, not 80%.

[@oakhauser]

@@patami2222 Yes, I am from France and I think you are right, when it is to speak out of élection times, these three parties are more concerned about fighting each other, mostly over seducing young people

[@soccerguy325]

6:37 Props to that old-school Glee throwback! Your animator hit me with nostalgia with that Regionals reference

[@n0thatsmyname]

Hey great video, I quite like the change of pace you've done and it all fits really well together, see you some more

[@julianescobar2395]

Macron 2006: progressive, socialist Macron 2021: catch-all

[@46_800]

1:11 error, you quoted two times the same party : LR = UMP

[@Flanno1986]

Good video, very interesting.

[@KhaalixD]

Great video!

[@vladimirgunnar7015]

Talk about what is happening with Stefan Lööfven in Sweden right now.

[@cameronstrauss1818]

As an Australian not knowing just about anything about French politics, where's the left or centre-left party/parties??

[@cameronburke8002]

Infighting

[@mateyp3365]

Splintered.

[@Gautier-cw9bu]

It's highly divided rn. Historically there was the PS (socialist party) which was one of the two main parties in France, but in the last presidential election, the PS performed incredibly poorly, with only 6% of the vote. Now, the left is divided into three main parties : the PS (diminished, but still the main force on the left), Europe Écologie Les Verts (the green party) and la France insoumise (far left). In total, these three parties performed better than LR in this election, but to win a regional council, their lists need to fuse with each other to be able to gain the majority boost.

[@cameronstrauss1818]

@42 Ok, thanks!

[@dominationsrebellion6433]

En Marche = Right LR = Strong Right RN = Extreme far Right Other parties are not significant, France is taking a big turn on the right

[@AnnedolfFrankler911]

3:32 - How have I never seen this before? lol

[@jensfredriksvensson]

You should look into what is happening in Sweden at the moment with the goverment falling

[@mrrandom1265]

Do they still have a migrant crisis there?

[@sja2095]

Note for TLDR, at 1:04, you have 4 logos, RN (Le Pen), LR (Republicans), Rep en Marche (Macron) and UMP which is the odd one. UMP (Union pour un Mouvement Populaire) is the old name of LR, it doesn't exist under this name anymore. Would have made more sense to have a left wing party like PS or EELV (greens)... or a Corsican Nationalist party :D. Great video, thanks for the coverage. edit: The UMP logo seems to come back a lot but this party has been under the LR denomination since 2015.

[@miwiarts]

Hello! Are you going to talk about the situation in Sweden? Thank you for your content!

[@emdel4082]

Hey! Very nice work as usual ;) just a little mistake at 1:04 and more importantly at 3:11 and 4:21, UMP is the former name of LR party (Les Républicains), so Xavier Bertrand is in fact a member of the LR Party and not the UMP. Anyway it's a small mistake since UMP and LR are just different names for the same party

[@dragonrykr]

So many countries having such low turnouts. And then there is Montenegro which always has over 70% turnout (and voting isn't even obligatory like in Belgium or Luxembourg)

[@0xCAFEF00D]

I don't trust people who change their minds on something that big that quickly.

[@thepittstop]

on what?

[@KommentarSpaltenKrieger]

@@thepittstop He's probably talking about Le Pens stance on the E.U. Interestingly, most right-wing populist parties with power or high chances to get power abandon their anti-E.U. positions quickly. The same was true for the Austrian FPÖ. I think Salvini has made the same 180°-turn.The German AfD recently added Gerxit (or Dexit) to their program. This might coincide with them losing relevance. I don't think Euro countries can leave the E.U., not even if they wanted to - and as soon as a party has to think in terms of realpolitik, it gives up on this endeavour.

[@0xCAFEF00D]

@@KommentarSpaltenKrieger Yeah I should have specified.

[@PMMagro]

Very refreshing.

[@chris7263]

Thank you for covering this--I've been meaning to try and read up in the French elections.

[@xird_3396]

Xavier betrand left les Republicains recently but he is allyed to them in this regional election.

[@edsiles4297]

I'm kind of having mixed feelings on turnout being so low in the French elections : On the one hand, even while being a political activist IRL, I understand why people are skipping the polls : pandemic, mistrust in policy makers (which is its own subject), poor knowledge of what the city/department/region does... On the other hand, since I'm hearing about the voter suppression going on in the states, or other election tampering going on in other countries, and knowing that people died for the right to vote to exist, it also comes off as spoiled and ungrateful, in a way. I also think the French election system needs some fixing. Regarding the elections in Hauts-de-France and PACA: Xavier Bertrand will win reelection (unless he screws up real bad), and so will Renaud Muselier.

[@jarred110]

Democrats stole an election from Trump and many Europeans watched it happen, I don’t blame them for being disenfranchised

[@Kasasasassasasasasasas]

Thank you so much for the unbiased reporting. It's kinda rare to find that these days.

[@QuantumDynamics]

Great videos but for some reason the audio in this video was incredibly loud.

[@DefenderofFuture]

Knowing how the French normally react to negative political developments, I assume slapping the President means you're mildly troubled by his performance.

[@NoName-xc6cg]

Hahaha

[@fwcolb]

Voter apathy is related to lack of power of regional governments.

[@huguesfreville1575]

yes and no, turnout is becoming lower every election in france, politics have lost the trust of a part of the french population

[@unblob1532]

Just to note 1:08 : you showed the logos of Les republicains AND their former UMP log. Those are the same group, just UMP is their old name, you might have forgotten to add a rose, or a LFI, or an ecologist logo instead !

[@marlind9430]

I actually worked at the regional elections those 2 sundays. lol

[@jesper4293]

Norway also has elections This year, in september i belive

[@rahulprasad2318]

Who cares tho?

[@2hotflavored666]

Exactly @Rahul Prasad, who the fuck cares?

[@internetperson9813]

"His political death could help Macron in the presidential election" *Big Mac approves*

[@benckx8999]

Tip: region Provences Alpes Côte d'Azur is often abridged to PACA. Easier to pronounce.

[@rijaja]

0:15 yeah uh still not, they've been out of stock for at least 3 weeks now

[@tomaikenhead]

i feel like this episode needed to be about 5 minutes longer

[@Victor-el3ul]

Yeah same, the left parties made a surprisingly good score, even in usually right-wing regions like Ile-de-France or Loire, but since it's the first round and given the lack of participation, there isn't that much to say, however TLDR will maybe make a second video after the second round.

[@wimdenhaas8591]

When the turnout is only 33% you should reconsider the current system in general...

[@Lapantouflemagic0]

yes, i perfectly agree with that. the "decentralisation" of france was started in the 80s for god knows what reason. i personnally feel that the amount of power they have is absolutely ridiculous and their prerogatives have little to no political value. it should be directly handled by civil servants (who are sworn to neutrality), no election necessary.

[@IkeOkerekeNews]

@@Lapantouflemagic0 France should be decentralized.

[@Lapantouflemagic0]

@@IkeOkerekeNews why should it ? Is it just an opinion or you have concrete reasons to advocate for that ?

[@IkeOkerekeNews]

@@Lapantouflemagic0 So, I need to prove my side, which you haven't done?

[@somebonehead]

@@IkeOkerekeNews I am on neither side and have no knowledge of the situation, explain to me why you think France should be decentralized please.

[@PlanktoniumTV]

I would love to see a video on the no-confidence vote of the prime minister in Sweden, and what will happen next! Great video as usual btw!

[@blakegammon1023]

I love of how centrist this guy is with all of the other videos and news like vice, vox, cnn, fox,.Huffington post and others in their videos have a obvious opinion why this guy just spits the fact god bless.

[@leonhunte2036]

Please cover the Swedish government crisis! It’s the first time in Swedish history that a government has fallen by a vote of no confidence, and if prime minister Löfven can’t assemble a government in the next week, an election will be called.

[@ChienaAvtzon]

Now you know how countries like the UK and Israel feel.

[@gunner678]

Pronounced 'hote de France'. Definitely apathy. The weather hasn't been that good over the weekend. I don't think Le Pen will do any better in 22 than she did in 17. Macron is unpopular because he has tried to introduce change, and French people don't like change, even if it is necessary. Also, despite doing well with COVID measures compared to UK and other European countries, ironically the vaccine roll out hasn't had good optics. He is damned both ways, either by those who wanted the shot earlier or those who are sceptics and feel (although not true) rail roaded. The French schizophrenia continues alive and well, but that's France and she's my home!

[@TheColombianSpartan]

So as you describe it, Macron had been in a "damned if you do, damned if you don't" situation?

[@gunner678]

@@TheColombianSpartan with the vaccine roll out yes certainly to a point. Also with certain systematic reforms. Clearly change is needed, but it's just unpopular when it comes down to it.

[@pierren___]

Lmao. Fu. Macron had enormous opportunities to stop the expense that UE take of France (40% of the budget) and to destroy the neoliberal, the banks and the bourgeois but unfortunately he is elected. Also massive immigration absorb all social helps resulting in 50% of social help transmitted in foreign countries while at home the root french are discriminated by laws. The time for vengeance vas come.

[@overfed_underslept3034]

@@pierren___ found the RN voter

[@pierren___]

@@overfed_underslept3034 yes

[@hampusandersson5730]

Make a video on the Swedish governmental crisis and the no-confidence vote against Löfven.

[@joswen5246]

How do you make your magnificent video? I mean which Program are you using?

[@aryagamingag4499]

When politicians are slapped, I bet he will be re-elected.For Eg:-Kejriwal

[@christianstapel9109]

thanks for your enlightening videos! this elections, i think, say nothing. The voter participation was to low. the pandemic dwarfs the left and right politics, people want stability.

[@kakab66]

Just a technical detail, even if a party has absolute majority in first round, if turn out is too low, then a second round is compulsory against the next best party.

[@michaelgreen1515]

We want more details on the results!

[@paocut9018]

When you look at the fact that Macron, even now, is more popular than both his predecessors ever were, already gives him a better chance at winning I think. Then there is the fact that I would simply be surprised if Lepen ever won. It's not her first time running for president and every time she did she lost by quite the margin in the finals. I think this time might be a little closer but I don't think she will win

[@TheLokiel]

Macron popularity polls are a lot more difficult to interpret than this. He has spent pretty much all his mandate being just a bit more popular than Hollande and significantly less than Sarkozy. He has climbed back during COVID but this is just a case of rallying around the chef during a crisis. It can go away quite easily once the crisis is passed. Furthermore polls seem to show that while Macron is significantly more popular than Hollande was in his voter base, he is also a lot more hated outside of it, akin to Sarkozy if not worse. Which means that he will have a lot of trouble in the second turn of the presidential election to gather support. In fact today left wing voters would rather vote for someone like Xavier Bertrand than for Macron. Lastly, the popularity of Macron is also very reliant on categories of the population that have poor electoral turnout so there is no guarantee he will get them turned into votes.

[@braynaguilar8567]

I think that her last chance was the last election. After the disaster that was Trump, especially in his last year, I think most Europeans will be wary of voting for someone like Le Pen who was described as 'France's Trump'.

[@TheLokiel]

@@braynaguilar8567 you are overestimating the French voter hatred for Trump. While the individual himself is viewed very badly (between 75 and 80% of Frenchpeople has a bad view of Trump, according to polls) it’s not so true of his record. 36% of all voters think he has a good policy record, while 49% think he does not. But amongst right wing voters his record is viewed relatively favorably: 58% of Le Pen voters and 47% of former Francois Fillon voters think Trump has a good record.

[@henryab2700]

I don't like Macron but I would pick almost any other candidate over Le Pen.

[@sja2095]

Which is what the whole of the French political class is playing on. They have no manifesto, all they need to say is "faire barrage au FN/RN" (block Le Pen's party), and people gobble it up and say exactly what you are saying, not even knowing what Le Pen stands for.

[@46_800]

Yes, vote Mélenchon

[@Liverpool-2004]

Why do you not want a woman to be president are you sexist or something?

[@46_800]

@@sja2095 She stands for la bourgeoisie française, elle s'est soumise à la dette et à l'austérité, elle prévoit de supprimer les régions qui sont pourtant le coeur de la nation, elle prévoit de diminuer le nombre de députés ce qui rendra l'assemblée moins représentative, etc

[@lellyparker]

@@sja2095 *"people gobble it up and say exactly what you are saying, not even knowing what Le Pen stands for"* - They know what Le Pen stands for which is why they "gobble it up", it's better even if its bad.

[@Sismodium]

TLDR news - the channel where I never know if I shall have my volume on 1 or 45, or anywhere in the middle for that matter. PLEEEEEEEEEEeeeeease sort the sound/volume level balancing out.

[@yonghokim]

okay.. i watched the entire video, and rewinded because i don't think i got an explanation of what the top vote gettter (the one with the IR symbol) was. I don't even know what IR stands for. the portion that explains tactical voting is supposed to elucidate what IR is.. I think? but that seciton doesn't explain what IR is, either. Like what party is that, what ideological leanings do they have..

[@frenchprint]

Good video. I would like to add a couple things: - LR (Les Républicains) is a completely right wing party, not a center-right one - that would be LREM. The LR party has strong anti-immigration stances, supports hard neoliberal ideas, and are actively against minority rights - to say the least. - according to polls, the low turnout is not so much explained by the pandemic or the weather but by multiple other reasons: people don't believe these elections can better/change their daily life; people don't trust/agree with any of the candidates; people weren't informed of the elections - they didn't know it was on Sunday or they didn't register before the deadline for example.

[@pierren___]

Non mdr, ils prennent des migrants, soutiennent l'Europe et les droits individuels. Être de droite =/= capitalisme

[@frenchprint]

@@pierren___ vous avez trois éléments clés du neolibéralisme: l'individualisme, l'union européenne et l'exploitation des populations immigrées. (par contre, non, leurs discours sont éhontément stigmatisants envers les personnes migrantes.) conclusion: LR = pleinement à droite et oui, être capitaliste et conservateur, c'est être de droite.

[@louislebrun4527]

Vidéo intéressante, dommage de ne pas avoir couvert les résultats de la gauche (qui est en tête dans 5 régions...)

[@yrosan]

La vidéo est littéralement sur le duel Macron v. Lepen... Quand la gauche mettra un candidat sérieux et commun en avant, on pourra peut être en parler. Pour l'instant, la gauche est malheureusement insignifiante hors des élections locales, je trouve ça logique qu'un média non-Français se focalisent sur les deux plus gros candidats aux présidentielles Françaises...

[@louislebrun4527]

@@yrosan C'est assez vrai que la gauche n'est pas en grande forme ces derniers temps mais cette vidéo parle précisément des élections regionales, et la plantade du RN et de la REM doit beaucoup au fait que localement les grands barons de gauche comme de droite résistent assez bien ! Et si c'est sur Macron/Le pen pourquoi mentionner LR sans mentionner l'autre partie de l'echiquier ? (PS EELV LFI?)

[@s1ddh4r7h.p]

Maybe a later video on what's going on on the left? Just to get a full picture

[@esteban140_gaming6]

Hey TLDR, I'm a gigantic fan of your videos, and I watch them on a fairly regular basis. I was planning on getting my friend a pin as a gift, but the only pins that you have for North America are Brazil, Canada, Mexico, and the United States. I know that this might be a bit much, but could you please make a line of Latin American Pins? Thank you.

[@ayk2086]

what r their views? r they left or right leaning. wot r their policies?

[@thierryliotard3077]

You constantly spell it "Rassemblent" when it is in fact "Rassemblement"...

[@georgios_5342]

3:49 Jesus Christ I'm afraid 😳. Not by the party but by the weird accent 😁

[@skaterfreak7658]

I love this I literally want a video on every single national election in the EU I would watch them all

[@Altan045]

Weird how you dont talk at all about the left or the green....

[@simleboss91]

Cuse there is nothing to talk about

[@Kafei01]

@@simleboss91 The left have half of the regions and has a small chance to get one or two more in "Ile de France" and "Pays de la Loire". There is things to talk about, France's left isn't dead.

[@user-yx3wu8vt2w]

@@simleboss91 why ?

[@MDP1702]

​@@Kafei01 Problem is that this is in local elections with low turnout, for now on the national level, ie presidential (much more important) the left is not really a factor for now.

[@corwin32]

Look at what Brexit has done! We have a plague of hideous-sounding moves. “Frexit”, “Grexit”. I blame YOU, Farage!

[@IceGleamify]

To be fair, the French voted no to the European Constitution and it was imposed on us anyway. Not everything is about british politics...

[@_blank-_]

Frexit seems very unlikely. Even Le Pen got more EU-friendly, dumping the idea of leaving the Eurozone from her platform.

[@IceGleamify]

@@_blank-_ Indeed. But blaming french anti-eu sentiments on Brexit/Farage is quite a stretch.

[@emib6599]

I voted yes for the european constitution and was still denied the creation.

[@corwin32]

@@IceGleamify The only thing I’m crediting/blaming Farage for is the cavalcade of atrocious names. Now the press gives every potential split a God-awful cutesy name. As far as I can tell, Brexit was the start. I am indifferent to the future of the EU.

[@julienf3804]

I noticed a little mistake in your video, you've put 2 right parties "UMP" and "LR" as two different parties but they are actually the same party. "UMP" is the former name of "Les Républicains (LR)"

[@jasperthe3393]

I heard many French people are tired of politics, and even want the military to intervene.

[@emarley05]

The tribune was signed by only a minority, and there was a huge controversy about this.

[@user-pi1jf2fu3f]

There are a minority of french people that want the military to come in. I don't think that represents the opinion of most people though.

[@Betterhose]

I can understand that many major European countries have a strong sense of national pride, but if we don't stick together, we will become irrelevant in geopolitics. The US turned their attention to the Pacific and China. We need to take matters into our own hands.

[@augth]

The thing is there's no "we"

[@DeathTemplar1]

That and politician in our big countries always used Europe as a scapegoat. You can see that in England, Italy or France. As much as i dislike internal politic and communication of LREM. They weren't constantly blaming Europe for their failure, which the old party were always doing. That does make people a lot more suspicious of the EU that they should have been. And created a sense of opposition, and reject.

[@spacecraftcarrier4135]

Ya erm, the only reason why EU is becoming irrelevant in geopolitics is because you have to cater to 27 different countries' differing geopolitical foreign policy views. For example, all it took was for corrupt Orban to stop the EU from putting out a statement criticizing China. If anything, Brexit has shown that it has allowed Britain to come down even harder on China without giving a shit about Orban's or Merkel's pro-China views, so much so that they are now sending their newest aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth to the South China Sea with ease. Disclaimer; I used to a be Remainer for Brexit, but now I see the benefits of having more sovereignty from the cumbersome EU. So yea, if either France or Germany wants to be relevant in geopolitics in the future, they need to let go of the baggage of being in the EU.

[@DeathTemplar1]

​@@spacecraftcarrier4135 Lots of thing are false and bullshit. First england wasn't harder on its criticism they didn't even dare to put sanctions on china before Europe did, they waited because they knew if they did before they would have to bear the retaliation alone which they couldn't have. Being out of the Union made them weaker in regard to sanctions. It also made them weaker because they had a position from which they could influence better 27 country. France and germany both send warship in china sea. So ? In addition, uk is probaly not doing that to oppose China, they are doing it to influence futur pacific Union to get them in. The same way germany isn't doing it to oppose China but to show support to its japanese allies. The only country it would be usefull that France or Germany leave the union is UK. Because it would put down EU. While France and Germany get a bonus in influence over other member because UK was the third big member.

[@timi547]

Noice

[@orionspero560]

How do people think a second round would go but tween national rally and France unbound as the 2 candidates in the run off? On a related note, what do you think people think happens if you see a long large tactical voting from the left leading to France unbound having the largest share of local council majority's?

[@DocDarkAngelo]

C'est plus ou moins un bon résumé. Par contre LR et UMP c'est la même chose, UMP est l'ancien nom de LR. Ce qui devrait être dans les 4 est du coup le PS qui s'est conservé dans 5 région en France (Donc numéro 2 des régionale)

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[@SebastiendeBoisgency]

the fact that you guys didn't talk about the left makes you look completely incompetent tbh

[@thecrazysunflower9360]

You should make a video about what's currently going on in Sweden

[@adrienvilboux1701]

Excellent video, but the UMP doesn't "exist" anymore, it has been reorganized into the party known as "Les Républicains" or LR for short. For instance Xavier Bertrand isn't member of the UMP, but he represents in the "hauts de France" a coalition of LREM, LR, UDI and MoDem

[@adrienrenaux6211]

I'm a french speaking Belgian, so I look at this topic from an outside perspective while still hearing about it all the time. I feel like France's mainstream opinions are going dangerously more to the right. Far right voices are stronger and stronger, and mainstream parties use some of the far right rethoric themselves. I'm scared France will start to have US-like far right milicias starting to take more importance

[@philipp7036]

Stop calling everything that is not left "far right" if there's so much hate is because of the incompetent immigration policy made by Macron and now the Left will pay for their incompetency.

[@adrienrenaux6211]

@@philipp7036 Thanks for proving my point :D

[@maddingue]

It’s indeed a bit scary how the whole political landscape has shifted to the right. It’s now new however, and has really showed with Nicolas Sarkozy, and worsen since then. The left wing is currently estimated to a quarter of the population votes, which doesn’t make for well balanced debates.

[@michaelthomas5433]

Best way to force Germany to wake up is to elect a French Trump. So if France wants to keep pretending it is in charge of Europe it should choose wisely.

[@holo4ever]

What about other parties? What were the results for the rest of the regions?

[@megix3186]

Haven't watched the vid yet, but I already know that it's gonna be good!

[@johntom5049]

I want Le Pen to be president just for the lols.

[@luckymancilha03]

Same

[@Gautier-cw9bu]

The problem is that she's as dangerous as trump, but doesn't do the funny stuff

[@Kafei01]

I first laugh when Trump got elected. But the joke did'nt worth the 4 years of chaos. Please don't wish that to any country.

[@Gautier-cw9bu]

@@Kafei01 and it would be 5 years in France

[@yep9817]

@@Kafei01 What chaos ?

[@theoelliott5944]

I hope LePen becomes French President!

[@aqwsxzM]

Why is there no Switzerland badge in the TLDR merch store? Is it because they're not in the EU?

[@cia5649]

u should do a video about the swedish goverment crisis

[@cooler_boi_patrick3989]

If Marine le pen wins I think it would damage the German France friendship. ( from me as a German perspective) I would still visit France but always with a bad and unsafe feeling.

[@Robert_H.]

It wouldn't mean anything to me. Le Pen is a politician who is strongly committed to social and environmental policies, like the German Left and the Greens. Only on migration are they on the AfD course. Now that they are no longer anti-European, I would even like to see their party in Germany, because it would fill a gap in the German political spectrum. Because in Germany you can't vote for a social and green party and get a strict migration policy at the same time.

[@cooler_boi_patrick3989]

@@Robert_H. oh ok. I didn‘t knew that. Yeah your right. I woulnd vote them but it would fill a gap

[@linaiisaye8357]

Love how Le Penn is somehow less toxic while still saying stuff like "immigrants are coming to steal your wallpaper".

[@jameslegrand848]

Well, her party was a real shit show for a long time. Hell her dad literally denied the gas chambers which was insane for a ton of people.

[@Lapantouflemagic0]

this is an image, a metaphor. I know americans are a bit limited, but french people know exactly what she means. also it's "changing" the wallpaper, not stealing. (supposing you got that from last week tonight.) migrants don't come to france because they love our country and want to become french. they come because their country is a mess, and once in france they whine because our country is not accomodating enough of their culture and religion. so long story short, they come uninvited and ask us to change our country (our wallpaper) to suit them.

[@BraceletGrolf]

To be fair, her father was outright bragging about torturing people in Algeria and denying the holocaust, so yes she is less toxic...

[@Richard-fc3jv]

Nice.

[@tylerfoster5881]

Nice.

[@ruthvik8913]

Nice.

[@lawden210]

Is a city in southeastern France

[@patrickjspoon]

Ain't nobody gonna say how that party logo looks like Baskin-Robbins?

[@chengmunwai]

France needs to save itself by voting Le Pen as President when she faces off against Macron.

[@jordie4423]

I agree, if they ever want real change in France

[@ferchi9953]

Bolsonaro, Trump, Johnson. How many Right-wing clowns does humanity has to elect before realizing they're....awful?

[@luke_fabis]

Slapping a politician is such a French thing to do.

[@dittikke]

Weird. Here in Germany we're only really happy with middle-of-the-road politicians and policies and parties and coalitions, but it seems like our neighbours in France would only ever be happy if whoever won the last election hadn't.

[@thanasisapost3377]

First dislike

[@antonygikas8817]

@@helios4650 he said something along the lines of "congrats, very smart" in an ironic way that suggests the move was the opposite of smart.

[@karankapoor2701]

Le pen deserves to be a president

[@matetourneur9764]

No she absolutely fucking doesn't

[@patami2222]

Anyone who watched the last presidential debate would say the opposite. She's only famous because of her name, not because of her competences. She inherited the party from daddy and kept some popularity thanks to a few slogans, but when she has to defend her policies even her closest supporters say it's a disaster, she does not work enough to understand policies. Though in order to know this, you must speak French and understand French politics.

[@user-yx3wu8vt2w]

She is controlled and financed by Russia and the Arab Emirates. So no, she deserves jailtime especially with the massive frauds and threats from her party.

[@dominationsrebellion6433]

Nah she is not enough far right for France …

[@dominationsrebellion6433]

@@user-yx3wu8vt2w 😂 Russia controls nothing in France. Stop dreaming

[@felixbrunnegard1786]

You should talk about the ”government crisis” in Sweden

[@AndreiGromit]

I live in France and I am shocked at how apathetic and uninterested some people, that I know here, are about their democratic rights or voting. It's a huge shame/problem.

[@hallongrotta9114]

Hey, we are on our way on changing government in Sweden after the left party declared no confidence in the current government, it would be nice to see this channel cover this story. Thank you in advance