The French EU Election Results Explained

The French EU election results are in, revealing surprising shifts. Macron's Renaissance and Le Pen's National Rally face unexpected outcomes in the EU elections, so severe that Macron called for a new election.
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[@EUMadeSimple]

News changes so quickly. We started the video yesterday afternoon and since then: - The the main left-wing parties, Marine Tondelier (Greens), Olivier Faure (Socialists), Fabien Roussel (Communists), and Manuel Bompard (La France Insoumise, LFI) announce a coalition for the French election, - The Republicans want to form an alliance with Le Pen's National Rally. We weren't quick enough to have it in our video.

[@0ptic0p22]

THE KICKED KRAH WILL AfD NOW BE BACC IN ID/ECRR??????

[@stapici2336]

You make great videos!

[@thewonderfultartiflette4733]

No, The Republicans don't want to form an alliance. Only Eric Ciotti, the leader, wants to, but the direction is absolutely against this, and The Republicans members see Ciotti as going to the National Rally alone

[@JaegerDreadful]

The Republicans want to work with Le Pen? Wow, Le Pen has really worked her a** off to get to a point where mainstream politics wants to work with you. I wonder what will happen if she wins. It's easy kicking against the establisment, but if you win you become the establisment. Which is something they forget quite a lot.

[@Konrad-zc1ve]

i'm sorry guys but you get your info very late, the LR joined the RN and the PS joined the LFI, Macron is alone

[@robertodosreis6595]

Call the zebra it’s true colors. The French people are sick and tired of Macron. It is time to change.

[@pepitaperez1234]

Why then he has been wining the elections all these years? Just curious.

[@kerryryan5116]

They are tired of violent immigrants, they are tired of women being called white, Christian whores, and they are tired of the sexual and physical violence against women by immigrants. It was the women who went out and voted all across Europe..

[@user-pt8cx8hg3i]

As simple a that.

[@Boo-tc9eq]

The French people are always sick and tired of whoever is trying to run the country. The sooner they get sick and tired of Le Pen family the better. I say put them in charge.

[@0xTomasMartin]

People will be sick and tired of whoever has been running a country. It is the grass is greener syndrome. People always think it will somehow be better if someone else was governing when in it won’t really change anything.

[@diegoyuiop]

The fact that he announced it just a few minutes after the results came in means he had been preparing carefully for this.

[@Ugapiku]

I think Macron is aiming to win in the next election not this one, because he's hoping the government that will form now is not going to last. But this could also heavily backfire for him... Truly a 50/50 gamble.

[@lzltti6775]

he's not running again, he's said it many times (also it's illegal to serve more than 2 terms in france)

[@Chemist2013]

He cannot run again. He can sit and wait the gold presidential pension now

[@soundscape26]

The candidate supported by him, since he cannot run in 2027.

[@pomperidus]

You can only serve two terms in France he is not running for re-election

[@ulftnightwolf]

@@lzltti6775 No but his party memebers can.

[@sirxander5420]

That picture of Macron at a football game is so funny XD

[@PresidentsPlayhouse]

😂😂😂

[@Kafei01]

It was at the 2018 world cup final

[@marcoavellino4612]

Option 1 is more like a “Nah I’d win” move

[@michalijmamtogdziesiowski9334]

"its just like in my japanese anime meme" 🤓

[@aaabbb-zc7sx]

​@@michalijmamtogdziesiowski9334welcome to eu politics.wait until you see the romanian parliment

[@michalijmamtogdziesiowski9334]

@@aaabbb-zc7sx what are you on about, i did not comment about eu politics, i pointed out that OPs comment sounds like he watched 3 yt videos about politics and now thinks he is the nost intelligent person in the world.

[@aaabbb-zc7sx]

@@michalijmamtogdziesiowski9334 probably because it's a joke ?

[@marcoavellino4612]

@@michalijmamtogdziesiowski9334 did not mean what you say but ok

[@peter5966]

Can you make overview about new parties /unaffiliated parties in europarlament and what fraction they could join.

[@EUMadeSimple]

It is in progress

[@attilaabonyi8879]

Don't forget about the developments in hungary, orban won 44,5% but he lost ten percent to the newly second biggest opposition party, Tisza who won 30%. @@EUMadeSimple

[@MarcoBelgo]

​@@EUMadeSimple can please please please please make a video about how to solve low population growth without migration please

[@aaabbb-zc7sx]

​@@MarcoBelgobreed more.we give birth to more people=>we no longer need immigrants

[@TmanMoneymanISSUPREME]

⁠@@MarcoBelgo 1. That is not exactly exclusive to the EU (also happens in North America, East Asia, etc.) 2. The answer is make your economy more fit for people to have kids.

[@proserpinehymn]

This was the first explanation that fully clarified things to me. Thank you!!

[@Crudeliciousbops]

You’re so much better than TLDR at this! 👏🏻👏🏻

[@GM4mp035]

Support for the people and Le Pen from australia ❤

[@MarcoBelgo]

You are making Europe very clear thank you

[@1chibanKasuga]

suca

[@user-iv3in2ou3p]

It is impossible to make Europe clear.

[@MarcoBelgo]

@@user-iv3in2ou3p nope he did

[@ezraepizon5303]

Very good presentation!

[@enkephalin07]

From observing recent EU election, an observer could conclude that the rightward shift will propagate, and Ursula's chances are better now than they would be in the future. So while this may seem like a risk for Macron now, he sees his odds only worsening.

[@1boreal]

it depends. I think its pretty likely that the conditions on the ground that are frustrating so many people are not going to be substantially amended by the new parties. People will be very sick of the very quickly. Especially the french, whose natural state it seems is political upheaval.

[@freespiritable]

Cool. Poo is happy in hist ego chair in the Kremlin

[@rubendepoortere]

Another reason besides this excellent explanation might be Macrons habit of "being presidential". Macron certainly has his weaknesses as a politician, but one of his strenghts is that he never shies away from a presidential speech right into the camera which makes him look good when there is a problem. So by doing this he can also portray this as a "national emergency" scaring potential voters away from the far right. It seems very well thought through.

[@ringgame]

Meat rider

[@MarcoBelgo]

Agreed

[@Noorlander-ji1ok]

On the contrary, the French are fed up with seeing the president constantly occupy the media space, especially since he spends his time contradicting himself. Since he has been in power, the extremes have gained ground, that’s a fact. Each of his interventions reinforces the extremes.

[@aawshaw]

@@Noorlander-ji1ok It seems that in France, no matter who is in power, their opponents gain popularity. Regicidal monarchists! 😂

[@clemorchard523]

He is hated in France. And the more he speaks, the more he is hated.

[@roucool1323]

Thank you so much for the quality content, so quick and such quality after listening to the community suggestions 😊 don't hesitate to take a break sometime if you need it!

[@EUMadeSimple]

Thank you :) And I will soon!

[@balasanianr.5864]

It's Macrover

[@aaabbb-zc7sx]

there's nothing we can do

[@TheRebelAllianceAreTerrorists]

I'm Bidone

[@aaronmiles2802]

@@aaabbb-zc7sxWhy would you want to do something?🤣

[@Mar-enfrance]

Interesting analysis. Thanks.

[@pritidodhia5059]

Wonderful briefing.

[@hhood7681]

Thank you patrons

[@mariapeterson3908]

It’s about time the people woke up!!!

[@benoitchamplon7149]

Parliement was elected 2 years ago to govern France, but they didn't manage to get any sort of compromise. Given the financial situation of the country, it's not gonna be easy for the next government, even with an absolute majority. So now, everyone has to show their hand right from the start, and tell who they plan to govern with.

[@newhailman]

You hit the nail on the head

[@DudyMoko]

He's trying to pull a Pedro Sánchez

[@mikicerise6250]

Different context. Totally different. Even Pedro Sánchez couldn't pull another Pedro Sánchez anymore.

[@Tiffany-mu6br]

Macron & his husband really should just step down

[@JoeHorn857]

Finally my country is starting to wake up Vive la France 🥳🇫🇷

[@michaelellringer5600]

You mean, women going back to 6-10 children each? A low fertility rate translates to more immigrants, worldwide.

[@mypiebecamepizza9503]

​@@michaelellringer5600 how is that bad lol, the more melanin the better worldwide

[@eshietinemesit]

Really understood your explanation

[@ajayharlalka6900]

Rightists are shinning like Sun. A new morning awaits.

[@Tenc1235]

I feel like you should have mentioned the left union that formed yesterday evening. Good video overall though, thanks

[@Noorlander-ji1ok]

This alliance of France Insoumise, the Communist Party, environmentalists and the Socialist Party is completely artificial and unnatural. For months, these parties have opposed each other and even admitted that their positions are irreconcilable. The association of the socialist candidate, Raphaël Glucksmann with the anti-Semitic far-left party is just crazy!

[@paco1443]

Marie pour EUROPE!!!!🎉🎉🎉❤

[@cheveuxjaunes2782]

you don't consider the left alliance in your calculation France is not in 2 block but in 3 and the republican just annonce that they want to team up with national rally not macron party

[@7up-dp1kk]

Yes, it is leading toward a return of democracy in France. Usually, we had left and right fighting for power. With Macron, all the reasonable people went to the center, leading to a TINA blockade. So it was no longer possible to gain popular support since all popular related issues were relagated to the edge of the assembly. Not the wisest choice, a sort of lasyness of rule makers. This could not last forever. It is exploding right now. This is unfortunately the consequence of Euro. We are used to have a weak money. We did borrow vast amount of money within a strong currency bloc. At our detriment. We must go in another direction now. The one with savings 😉

[@aaabbb-zc7sx]

​​@@7up-dp1kkeuro is one of the strongest types of currency rn,slightly stronger than the us dollar.what do we suggest we switch to,british pounds ?

[@Noorlander-ji1ok]

Like that of the left, this alliance on the right, with the Republicans and the National Rally, is partly unnatural. Their respective economic programs are downright antagonistic!

[@mamatess4940]

The issues and stake of this snap are way bigger than you think. There's a whole strategy behind it that can't be explained in a message and especially can't be understood by someone who doesn't live in France.

[@Noorlander-ji1ok]

There is a tactical sense, egocentrism and panic behind the French president's strategy. Having said that, I am not sure that the French forgive him for his choice to add chaos to the ambient chaos one month before the Olympic Games. He could have waited until the political start in September.

[@Majan198]

Relying on the fear of the "far right" was not going to work forever. In fact, Le Pen is becoming the new center.

[@neetfreek9921]

If you can't at the very least summarize the issue within a comment, then that means you don't understand it as well...

[@macettmapping]

what you have 99k subs?? When I watched you few weeks ago you had around 20k

[@randycrager4074]

Great News!

[@Vahndamme]

Usually dissolving a parliament isn't taken likely by the population. High chance this backfires I believe or it will net way less than he expected. Interesting move either way..

[@zaydalaoui9397]

It usually backfire because presidents use it when at their advantage. It’s definitely not the case here so anything can happen I think.

[@padriandusk7107]

It doesn't work at all well for whoever dissolves the parliament. Ask Chirac how well it went back then. Macron is doing the same, except he certainly EXPECTS AND HOPES to lose so the far right can be in charge....and his term ends, whatever bad happens, he'll blame on the far right rather than HIS disastrous decisions since 2017. Not a bad plan. Vicious, but smart.

[@bernardmousse4152]

EM the youngest french president to retire😂😂😂

[@Mataw0]

One thing that is important to note is that France legislative election are not proportional. The country is split into constituency of 1 seat, and it's a two turn system keeping only the two candidates with the most vote for the second turn. This lead to a lot of situations where the party with the popular vote loose the election (similar to the US election but everywhere all at once).

[@eggmcmarty]

That sounds better than first past the vote. This way if 2-3 parties with similar priorities are splitting a vote vs a unified party with different priorities, the split votes can be unified for the 2nd pass.

[@Mataw0]

@@eggmcmartyI would agree for a presidential election, where everyone vote for one candidate. But it turns out it's way worse, because most of the time it's : the left/right split the vote, don't get past the fist turn, so the center is elected. And repeat for every single constituency. It was like that for years, but it backfired for Macron recently, as people are voting "anything but Macron" because they don't feel represented at all. If it was proportional at a national level, it would be way better : you get 30% of the vote ? You get 30% of the 577 seats.

[@sol_in.victus]

@@Mataw0 I'm not french but that seems like a great system to me? If the right and left don't have enough support to make it past the 1st round then it makes sense that a centrist party might make it further, and avoids radical change when the population is clearly divided (as they couldn't make it past the first round) More importantly if it's proportional to the national vote, how do you chose which representatives get the seats?? People should be able to vote in representatives from THEIR local area that represent THEM. In an ideal world, this would matter, but realistically in most places these representatives will just vote along party lines, even if not what the constituents would want.

[@Mataw0]

@@sol_in.victus The thing is the parlement doesn't really represent local collectivities. I would say like 95+% of people don't know their candidate other than "it's the party X candidate". It's not really their job to be honest. For local representation, we already have the senate which is a second legislative chamber from people who cooperate with the first. While I share the sentiment about the lack of representation, it's also very present in the population. Abstention is growing at almost every election except the europeans. People think their vote doesn't matter, as it's rigged toward the establishement and crushing minorities.

[@marcusbjernerup7187]

The alternative would have been an even greater gamble.

[@KevinWatters-zk3yk]

ANY politician that stays to long will eventually destroy their own policies and country as has been seen a thousand times over.

[@maunglwin3842]

Kick Macron Out.

[@paulm9500]

All this means is in one country after another, people are embracing national identity and rejecting globalism. Nothing wrong with that

[@AlexToussiehChannel]

Amazing!

[@justnews9738]

One word: Baguette, han, han, han

[@xabraxasx]

the world is waking up to the horrors of mass immigration and EU/UN policies that favor countries other than their own Hopefully the Western nations can keep up this momentum and reverse the terrible policies that have been implemented over the last 20-30 years and return to nationalism

[@hussinabdulrahman6869]

the actual war is not in Ukraine and Gaza

[@jeffbaxter8770]

Allons enfants de la patrie, le jour de gloire est arrivé 😊🇨🇵🇩🇪🇬🇧🇸🇪

[@trombulan]

You can't fool all people all the time!

[@jeffdittrich6778]

Interesting. You have a far right but no far left.

[@j-yjyh8521]

Of course there is a far left. The "La France Insoumise" party (LFI) is largely trotskyist-influenced, and some minor parties that didn't make the cut to elect representatives at the European parliament are openly trotskyist: NPA (new anticapitalist party) and LO (lutte ouvrière). When LFI was allied with the Greens and the socialist party under the NUPES umbrella (at the 2022 parliamentary elections), it was OK to present NUPES as "the left," but IMHO LFI on its own is far left.

[@HalIOfFamer]

Calling in elections even if he loses might also be good for him. The ruling party almost never gains more popularity, running a country is not easy and when the results come in and most of what was promised is not delivered, support is lost. Macron might be counting on people electing the right, in hopes that they fail at running the show, while quietly he's gonna be making it harder from his seat. Then during the presidential election he's gonna run on a campaign of "don't let them have all the power, look what they have done with only half"

[@linaaz1107]

How do magnets work?

[@overvieweffect9034]

or the reason might actually be both. he's considered both scenarios, and sees it as a win-win situation

[@fredericdehohenstaufen7874]

Well, there is a third one: opposition wins now, rule for 3 years AND wins the presidential election in 3 years, which means 5 more years of dumb racists guys. Don't forget there was someone who thought exactly like that (i.e. giving power to the populist opposition hoping for them to fuck up and come back better), it was chancelor Hindenburg in 1933. It's a pretty crazy risk, and benefits are really scarce in those situations...

[@existentialvoid]

Evoking the 68’ snap elections is an inspired move. But I don’t think Macron can pull it off. Maybe. . . But a real gamble.

[@franciscouderq1100]

MLP’s parti has been preparing itself for such elections for months now hence they are ready with xterm discipline, number of staff and financing. Macron’s bet is very daring yet nationally in the past there’s always been a reluctance from French voters to give LP a chance. Will it be the same now? Macron’s bet is tense.

[@smtandearthboundsuck8400]

My Little Pony 😂

[@diogorodrigues747]

03:54 Yeah, it's more like option 2. Macron wants Le Pen to win and take over national matters.

[@rubiconprime1429]

Mon dieu…

[@rathalos4783]

j'éspère qu'on va reprendre notre pays par ce qu'avec 500 000 immigrés par ans d'ici 2100 on est totalement remplacé.

[@atholgreen59]

My reasoning ( although I have to admit that I do not make that much sense of any other of Macron's actions either ) is that he believes that things are in fact only going to go from bad to worse. Taking into account what has transpired in both Italy and Netherlands and for that matter Germany as well, he must surely have for seen this possibility.

[@bubliestheeart]

Wait. So in europe they have more than two choices. 😮

[@mikicerise6250]

Don't worry, they all still suck.

[@Sh4d891]

He called the election because he can't loose

[@joshuagenes]

I'm an American I really don't understand this parliamentary stuff. Here elections are every 2 years or 6 for congress so the idea of a snap election seems like cheating.

[@ctrlzed5132]

Les Republicains centre-right? WTF Ciotti (LR party president) was always describe by his peers as being "one step away from the far right" (and would sometimes be on the verge of being kicked out of the party for it). The party itself was always a conservative one, not center-right liberals at all. The party is part of the EPP for historic reasons but ever since the first election of Macron, the party as shifted more and more to the right with each years and each lost election. And La France Insoumise being left is also giving them credits they are way more from the far-left, it is just that moderate left-lining people voted for them when the socialist party fell.

[@birdbig6852]

And Reconquête is only right wing according to EU parties while they are considered more right than le Rassemblement National.

[@jpb2366]

the most likely reason is that leftist consider everything conservative as far right

[@mikicerise6250]

LFI is nuts.

[@ctrlzed5132]

@@birdbig6852 As the betrayal of Marion Maréchal Lepen shows, they were always just a scarecrow for the RN, to divert the bad press and make the RN seem as more reasonable.

[@gp-1542]

It’s literally a coin toss

[@user-iv3in2ou3p]

The funny thing is that all of this would had never happen if France was not not member of the EU.

[@GGTanguera]

Crazy! Just before Olympic Games. Now, there is a warning not to travel to France, Germany and Spain.

[@TheTourage]

Bro is thinking about all the Qatari money he is about lose. lol.

[@paul1979uk2000]

In politics, the more things change, the more nothing really changes, regardless of who is in power because of political realities that limit what they can and can't do. With that said, I do wonder if Macron might want to either spook the French people to vote for him or maybe he wants Le Pen to win because of that political reality, after all, it's easy to promise the earth on the sidelines, but once in power and reality kicks in, it's another ball game, and basically, you only have to look at the UK with Brexit to see that, a lot of talk and promises were made but very few were kept. Macron might be banking on that if Le Pen wins, it could expose the flaws of the party as times goes by and things don't turn out how the French wanted, in other words, Le Pen will have a short window of one or two terms and the French will expect solid results that benefit the people, if they don't see that or if Le Pen starts to create too many waves that are not in France's interest, it could damage there reputation a lot and maybe even make the party unelectable in the future. I have a feel why so many of the far right parties tone down their policies if they get close or in power, because they likely know they've got one or two chances to prove themselves, mess that up and I doubt the voters will be so forgiven, especially considering that a lot of voters are voting for them out of a protest vote over the mainstream parties, there's a lot of anger around, but now if Le Pen wins, voters will expect results and solid results within the first two-year term, otherwise they could very quickly turn on her, basically, once in power, there's no more excuses and they'll have to do policies based on the realities the country is in, not on wishy-washy talk that anyone can say on the sidelines. As for the European elections, the right did well, but overall, it looks like not much changed overall in the balance of power, with the surprise being how well the EPP did, basically, I don't think much changed, maybe a tougher response of migration and more compromises being done on policies to get things through, but overall, I don't think the far right gained enough to change much, even assuming they actually all work together which is unlikely.

[@sheilagibson982]

He should have been removed from office a long time ago

[@HayaKhan-bl3zz]

How can withdraw USDT to binance account using only these words "head isolate sound end kit industry choice festival limit stable dolphin derive"?

[@mikicerise6250]

Yeah he may want her to go into the presidentials with her hands dirtied by power, as suggested. But if she's boycotted and is left just at the gates by a hodgepodge coalition including LFI, that could backfire spectacularly.

[@TheSeafordian]

Bring on the Frexit.

[@sttan2631]

Election election Pepsi or Cola

[@lesheinen6116]

Who is worse off....France with Macron or USA with Biden? Inquiring minds want to know.

[@sebastianamatthews9483]

I have been playing for this moment. For you my sweetheart. You are the only one that will win. You are the best for the future of France. You will win. God bless you.

[@fredliperson9171]

The kid just didn't make the cut.....

[@vojtechjanos2102]

0:18 was that sarcasm?

[@iljagaimovic9166]

So many Non-French in comments who support Makron 😂

[@mariemaglione4079]

Finally waking up about time Europe

[@vasilispatsalidis5683]

Why didn't he resign himself then and get it over with.?

[@Hardcore_Remixer]

I have a feeling he is planing to block all of Le Pen's policies so that he can then blame her party for not doing what they promised. On short: political games.

[@fahrdienstleiter2701]

Politics is not all tactics, as the video suggests. If one believes that excessive public debt, shortfall of profitable investment, growing budget transfers and less trade, disintegrating minorities and weak military have been the main problems of our times, then Macron has not much done to mitigate them. If France fell into a sort of Kaczinski - Fico - Orban trap, Europe could further turn away from the internal market and be downgraded to a cash dispenser for populist countries.

[@lynneuribeross2695]

The man refuses to give up power France!!! Take back your country!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@RoganJoeExperience]

Look to history you’ll find the rhyme

[@yogitharanachandrasekhar4263]

Election code ratri election code ratri people

[@SwordQuake2]

It's not "fascinating". It's harrowing.

[@aquila4228]

I really don’t get why there is no right wing force that advocates for a stronger, more right wing, Union. It seems only obvious that Hungary alone for example won’t be able to do much being a small country. If there was a group like ID that advocated for the same things but by using the EU system there could be a far safer Europe as a whole

[@Maelstromme]

It’s likely because the natural state of the hard right is some form of blood and soil nationalism. International organizations are rather despised among them.

[@miniaturejayhawk8702]

At this point its clear to everyone that macrons cope is going to backfire hard. 🤦‍♂️😂

[@mr.english310]

OR, he can be readying for war and can more easily manipukate a new geoup without organizatikn or knowledge to allow him to hold thenpresidency under emergency war conditions

[@heathsavage4852]

He's not "standing" he's screwed. And if Le Pen is "far right" he's Far Left, and has been for years.

[@Maelstromme]

He’s a neoliberal, and neoliberalism has never been a far left ideology. Maybe in America where we have a screwed up Overton window.

[@barkasbarlas4093]

In the 1st century, Nero burned Rome! In the 21st century, Macron burned down all of France!☹️

[@red7574]

Trudeau next,,,please

[@karinfend2980]

Thanks for your work. In Democracies the people is the state. Nobody should forget that. Politicians tend to forget and must be reminded. They were.

[@NiccaGeorge]

Results aside, his reaction is right out of the nazi playbook.

[@user-rs9rw7sb1x]

The great gambler 🔮❤️🇪🇺🏆

[@tbd1613]

MFGA 2024!

[@Diamond-vy1lx]

France had a heart attack and called for snap elections. Vive la France!

[@dalemcauley9129]

Cause he has John candy very risky and he doesn’t know the outcome could turn out very very bad for his party and it will turn out bad for him and six months down the track you’re fine he will end up resigning

[@BS-vm5bt]

Not surprised when the french social democrats lost their own spine. It is sad that our old classic social democratic parties all died during the early 2000s. Otherwise there would be an actual counter to parties like the national front. I wish the parties that built europe up would return with the old classic policies. When france actually had a true social democracy the EDF was a true powerhouse. But the neoliberals gutted europe piece by piece and replaced it with shit. They always focuses on stuff that decreases quality of life for people then act surprised when people goes for other alternatives. I am for a federal EU but it needs some massive reforms, like removing the veto powers, decreasing power for the council and increase power for the parliament and creating a general EU presidential election. Euroscepitism feeds on the undemocratic parts of the EU specifically the power that the european council got. People like the european parliament but not the council Since people directly vote for the parliament and not the council.

[@Daniel-jv1ku]

You forgot to mention that many people want France to be French, Italy to be Italian, etc. There is a place for pluralistic states in this world, including America. But Europe deserves nation-states that are oriented around their people. That's how it was intended to be from the very beginning. People want an end to mass migration and higher native birth rates. Also, you forgot to mention that many people signed up for an economic union, not a federal Europe that turns Europe's countries into merely sub-national states or provinces.

[@ErnestDuran-tx9lr]

La France est mon chateau et la Nelly mon Happy Meal 👏

[@AndDiracisHisProphet]

if it is his strategy for lepen to win, i have absolutely no worries. macron will push lepen into the corner until she squeaks.

[@nonor.a.7733]

As a french, i'm pretty sure he choose to have this new vote in order to win the absolute majority in the Parliament. I bet he was aiming for people to have to choose between him and ''the others'', the others being unacceptable choices in his rethoric. But he has completely destroyed the principle of alternance and left/right in politics during his 7y as a president. Now people and political party are labelled as ''extrem'' by the media as long as they disagree with him. That's extremely dangerous imo as lots of french people are now willing to vote for a racist leader just to get rid of Macron... France is going really really bad and we can all thank him.

[@mwafcsa554]

chiale on est tellement de retour

[@nonor.a.7733]

@@mwafcsa554 bouhouhou, je m'incline devant une telle répartie... 😭 Je ne suis qu'un stupide français qui ne comprend pas la grandeur et la puissance du fascisme et capitalisme. Explique moi donc comment tes valeurs vont améliorer mon quotidien, mon futur et celui de mes enfants ? Connard va

[@francisevans6595]

Hope the far right wins.

[@liquidmagma]

Who's a "racist leader"?

[@markusasplund4775]

Game ower for the corrupt leaders 🇪🇺

[@rajacyrilchidiac760]

As a young French Macron's supporter, I am convinced that the 2nd theory is the one that Macron has in mind. The National Rally are almost sure to win the legislative elections, but they are really not known to have a viable economic vision (quite the contrary, actually, according to most economists). We can add to that their "weak" ecological plan, and their euroscepticism, while most french people are europhiles. All of that convinces me, and probably Macron, that by gaining power, the National Rally will quickly lose popular support, which will prevent them to win the 2027 presidential election. I have had this idea in mind for some time, but I didn't think Macron would have "the balls" to dissolve the assembly. I'm glad he did!

[@Noorlander-ji1ok]

The dissolution of the Assemblée Nationale was inevitable but the timing is really bad. Whether he accepts it or not, the president is directly responsible for the progress of the RN.

[@diegoyuiop]

I've read both RN and the left coalition wants to abolish many of Macron's economic reforms, such as the pension reform. Will they have to cooperate then? And would their respective voters like that?

[@rajacyrilchidiac760]

@@diegoyuiop There has been sources, in the last few days, that indicate that Bardella (RN) might actually not abolish Macron's pension reform, but if he did want to abolish it, it would probably depend on the parliament that will get elected. I don't think the RN would have a problem on cooperating with the left for this specific change, but the left might be more sceptic about it.

[@realdelta4765]

Je suis pas sûr qu'on puisse dire que la plupart des français sont europhiles vu que près de 40% des votants ont voté pour des parties opposées aux idées de l'UE(RN et R!).

[@rajacyrilchidiac760]

@@realdelta4765 Pour le RN, je ne pense pas que la majorité de leurs votants soient europhobes. Beaucoup votent pour ce parti à cause d'un ras-le-bol de l'immigration incontrôlée, mais sans être nécessairement europhobe ou contre la construction / l'intégration européenne. Je pense que sur le fond du programme, un parti à la fois europhile et favorable à une forte limitation de l'immigration pourrait devenir assez populaire. C'est la place que LR essayait de remplir pour les elections européennes en tout cas.

[@PO-zk4vs]

Le petit empereur wants to rule the EU but cannot keep his own house in order 🤣🤣🤣