What does the outcome of France's snap election mean? | Inside Story

An inconclusive election in France - but with one certainty, the far-right won't lead the next government.
A leftist bloc came out on top, ahead of President Macron's centrists -- with the far-right National Rally beaten into third place.
So, what does the result mean?
Presenter: Neave Barker
Guests:
Rokhaya Diallo - Writer and an Anti-Racism Activist and researcher at Georgetown University.
Victor Mallet - Senior Editor at the Financial Times and a former Paris Bureau Chief.
Suzanne Lynch - Global Playbook Author and Associate Editor at Politico.
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[@Ricardo-lb4so]

Europe is getting through a Transition. The ancient structures are trembling as the liberal centrism has been unable to solve ordinary people's problems while leaving the super rich unaccountable. Many flee to far ultra right as a way to reject the status quo. That's why the centrism that upholds the regime won't resolve the root causes of cost of living and anxiety. Transition is needed: to clean energies, to social integration, to human-scale productivity, to a sustainable fair economy, to democratic technologies, to a multipolar world.

[@Peoppell]

Hooray, democracy is still alive in France. Vive la France!

[@petitben5240]

Absolument!

[@shiningking]

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

[@allysoobratty7565]

​@@shiningkingYou are welcome😂

[@Ooooo_222]

​@@allysoobratty7565😂😂😂😂

[@shiningking]

@@allysoobratty7565 happy

[@mariawelling4194]

Magnificent!!!!🎉😊❤

[@staspastukov5944]

Just for humor. Germany is the EU money supply, and France is the price index. In a political sense, prices have frozen but the money supply is falling and this seems to be called political disinflation. It is necessary to reduce political rates in Germany so that the price index is consolidated, i.e. France.

[@timharris8611]

Melchione divided the left? after he just brought them together for a win? what?

[@nizammazlan8613]

Because lots of people from the left are also genocidal, not just racist. Melchione wanted to recognised Palestine as a state.

[@lokiheimdallsen]

It is more complicated than that, he indeed took part in the effort to unite a left coalition but... He does not tolerate people disagreeing with him inside his own formation, France unbowed, going as far as excluding four proeminent candidates in the middle of the first round and pushing two more toward the exit in between rounds including François Ruffin, the man that launched the NFP movement the evening Macron disolved the parliment. The majority of french voters do not like him and he refused to back down despite his candidacy for prime minister being damaging to the NFP and three out of the four major formations within NFP aswell as some members from his own formation refusing his candidacy, advocating for more consensual candidates. The fear of Melanchon being prime minister damaged the NFP during the first round. Had he stepped down and backed another candidate for prime minister, they might have scored even higher.

[@sanjaysanj6688]

Now I get that Meloni's look 😂🤣

[@nicolaasmalgas8348]

What does socialism mean? Noby know really because the Capitalist Imperial powers never allowed it to flourish around the world. They have always found away to disrupt or derail it by making countries who wanted to implement socialist measures chaotic or create regime changes.

[@sparks1792]

Yea yea Lmao

[@kappa82]

lol socialism just another word for dictatorship means some dude takes power keeps it to himself and u live in a prison

[@KratNL]

ignorance is a bliss ain't it?

[@jackreacher8858]

LOOK AT CHINA YOU KNOW

[@zforzone]

@@jackreacher8858 you must be an American, divorce from knowing things 😂, China before Covid was the fastest growing economy. Biggest growth in industry since the Industrial Revolution. China went from rural farming in the 80s to fastest growing manufacturing industry in 30 years.

[@idontlikeit.7822]

The Left, the Right, the devil you say, to quote Oren Lyons, “if we are to survive we must transform our values”.

[@abdullahihassan2937]

At least you managed to find ONE FRENCH FLAG this time round.

[@AbuNazir-p9k]

France's ethnic Frankish populations barely have children, so it doesn't matter. This land belongs to the Muslim youth, the future of France. But the name of the country might have to change in both the French language and at the UN to reflect that the lands is not the property of one ethnic group.

[@linesided]

@@AbuNazir-p9k you're not far wrong....

[@larryc1616]

Blind deplorable

[@VinnyCarwash-js8op]

@@AbuNazir-p9k Or it might not do that at all and choose to keep its country civilised.

[@DFg-so4es]

@@AbuNazir-p9kkeep dreaming habibi

[@dantenapoles5951]

Values, identity, politics, religion and philosophy is ALWAYS in flux. The only thing permanent, is change. Embrace the new but keep the past in your storage, eventually everything comes back and goes, comes back and goes, over and over.

[@Rick-xp5sy]

France are in big trouble, the country is divided and getting wider each day

[@maxsonmusic6104]

Basically America Now 🙂‍↔️🤭🤭🤭

[@boxcutter0]

Still much better than a pathetic & deplorable State/Czarist controlled regime, where media is Kremlin/CCP etc controlled & Gov is tyrannical!

[@samjose98]

Did the French really vote or just the migrants voted

[@lucdallaire9047]

You already know the anwser

[@Ncyaplado4]

Far right = far from right

[@boxcutter0]

🤤

[@vikramrao6391]

I just came here to say Vive la France, the French have always been a bit left field, glad to see that is still the case.

[@F-K-k8l]

Liberté égalité fraternité 🇫🇷 c'est notre devise ❤

[@leetray]

WHY DO THEY KEEP SAYING "FAR RIGHT" "FAR RIGHT"??? WHERE IS THE FAR LEFT??

[@alantran1914]

@@leetray unstable genius far left means you drive on the left like the UK that's why UK go far left too.... lol 😆

[@AA-vr8ez]

Why do far right wingers not like the term far right label, when it perfectly encapsulates their ideology?

[@user-zl1vf4me1p]

​@AA-vr8ez that is not the issue, the issue is that the far left calls everything that slightly opposes them far right and fascist, when they are extremist themselves and... ironically fascism started as a leftist party

[@Sacrypheyes]

Actual far left parties in france don't even participate in general elections as they are revolutionary by their ideology. france has at least 2 such parties : NPA (new anticapitalistic party) and LO (worker's struggle).

[@younghustlers6922]

I’m apart of the far left.

[@INDIGOBLUE555]

I guess the french scenario is a preview of a forecoming european scenario.

[@alienhawkq4690]

Please stop saying 'far' right. The French 'far right' is actually fairly middle of the road when you look at other right leaning governments around the world.

[@codybell6882]

It's ironic that it's Al Jazeera calling it "far right" Qatar, is literally astronomically further right than the RN in France

[@sanaanimtiaz3897]

You are "right", we should stop saying far right, because they are not far right but extremists!

[@AA-vr8ez]

French Far Right is extremist Far Right. They are are anti Muslim, racist, and anti EU. The real question is why far right wingers don’t like be labeled far right. The label perfectly fits. Is it because far right wing doesn’t like the terms association with schizo political beliefs?

[@younghustlers6922]

Far right aka closet fascists.

[@grtinfulleffect8349]

New people occupy new lands by peace and force. Cope.😂😂😂😂😂.

[@nizam657]

Talking about Israel?

[@grtinfulleffect8349]

@@nizam657 Yes.

[@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 level of cohesion to break free of this contrived ruling/political class entrapment. The same is true (albeit in less complicated forms) In the UK and the U.S.

[@boxcutter0]

Imperfect systems that need further reforms, but better than most other countries, esp disgusting czarist style tyrannies!

[@snaaz5450]

Hello 🖐️ Barker sir

[@SidhuSahibSidhuSahib]

Well done left party ❤

[@jackreacher8858]

Left is the right way to go !

[@SuperScarab]

And what about your Islamic countries ??

[@astronomers]

No it's the spoilt privileged way to go

[@dangerdave7223]

So we have left block, centrists and far right. Sooooo the right no longer exists?

[@ulala9729]

why don't qatar don't became left liberal secular country

[@allysoobratty7565]

LGBTQ FLAGS?

[@lucdallaire9047]

Yup, liberals agenda

[@gigafunny6495]

Go left

[@ercanbanka5377]

why is the guy from london talking ?

[@bernardkerkhof3794]

The RN won the election on the basis of the number of votes which in France is ignored because it’s electoral system is not proportional. The volition of the French voters is therefore violated.

[@Ann-mj4xn]

They wouldn't have won anything in a proportional system, even if they got the most vote with 33%, it means 66% of the country does NOT want them in power and would vote anyone that opposes them

[@elle6327]

In America, unfortunately the electoral college determines the winner. Trump never won the popular vote, but won the election in 2016. Same difference.

[@AA-vr8ez]

False. RN got 37% vote. 63% didn’t vote for them. In most of those races, the RN didn’t win so they got less seats.

[@flawyerlawyertv7454]

It reminds me of the US where Hillary got more votes than Trump, yet the latter was elected and not the former.

[@bernardkerkhof3794]

@@AA-vr8ez RN had 37% of the vote therefore they should have 37% of the seats. Any other outcome is fraud because it ignores the people’s votes.

[@ivettetorres6976]

This is sick! People continue to embrace evil, lawlessness, sin, deception, chaos & self-destruction!!! They will be those gnawing their teeth at the time of judgement.

[@endercmtv9536]

How lost you are

[@younghustlers6922]

Far left forever!!

[@younghustlers6922]

Even when the world is rotting and decaying ! Leftists rise up vs the liars and far right manipulators!! Rise up verses the nationalists !! Rise up verses the bloodthirsty fascists!!

[@BrandyHeng007]

Nation now politically divided into four 😅

[@boxcutter0]

I’m sure you prefer your Czarist “reeducation camp” bootlicking uniparty…

[@flawyerlawyertv7454]

😯

[@tommygreek340]

The key for France to suppress racist party is to develop economics and prosperity. The only way now: 1. Peaceful Europe and working with all countries to have cheap energy and goods. 2. Leave colonialism methods and have equal relationships with Asia Africa that has abundant resources. Immigrants is assets to develop a better networking with all nations and races. Am I right?

[@Libanass]

well done Macron, always a boss

[@SidhuSahibSidhuSahib]

😂😂😂 losser

[@solojavaisland3148]

left better than right anyway, at least centre ..

[@Budd631]

Yeah, left wing countries are doing awesome without the illegals coming in. Look at CA, NY, etc. I lived in both states and they are dumps and totally unaffordable

[@alantran1914]

May be France wants a socialist with French characteristics? LOL 😆

[@NizarAlvi90]

that is a good sign though.

[@snoopysnoops007]

Tbf that would mean French businesses could compete just like Chinese businesses are dominating globally. How on earth can western companies not compete on price, we're talking the same material inputs and outputs

[@user-zl1vf4me1p]

​@@snoopysnoops007 nothing farther from the truth, you want a Libertarian, not a socialist. Socialists set up price controls, import taxes to "help national products compete", and in general be a total fcking nuisance for businesses.

[@user-zl1vf4me1p]

​@@snoopysnoops007there are quite a few business owners in China going out of business there. China is not the promised land where everyone thrives

[@tdmprofit3708]

You will feel the the prosperity in about 5 years. Don't complain! My father lived through communism. The peasants and workers got genocided. Not the champagne socialists with holiday homes. Bread once a week. Eggs once a week. Surveillance. People going missing. No free speech. Destruction of churches. Total control by the state. Communism is aethiest Satanism. Enjoy!

[@nizammazlan8613]

Fact that National Rally came 3rd speaks volume on how racist France is. This coming Olympics, there will be lots of human beings with different skin colours. We will probably see some racist event or incident coming

[@peterstallo4387]

Vote for Mbape...