France

Suranis · #26

He's more likely to be shouting with Joy because his wife made a pass at that guy who is younger and sexier than him.

But unplugging from Turnipverse for a while (Ahh, that's better) Macron has never been terribly popular in France. If Le Pen wasn't there he would probably have lost the run off that put him in power in the first place. Calling a Snap election after he took a bit of a Beating in the European elections is likely to bite him in the ass.

Assuming that the Left and right don't start tearing themselves apart... which they probably will. It's France after all. You cant do anything without creating enemies and both sides tearing you down.

#27

Oh no.

Sophie Pedder @PedderSophie wrote: Political earthquake in France. Le Pen’s hard-right party and allies have won a massive lead in first-round parliamentary voting. Early results from @IpsosFrance give the RN 34%. This means it could, possibly, win a majority in the 577-seat National Assembly on July 7th 1/

#28

Luc Auffret @LucAuffret wrote: It is midnight and several thousand demonstrators are still gathered in Paris.

#ElectionsLegislatives2024 #legislatives2024

RTH10260 · #29

French elections: far right on course for first round victory. What happens now?
Macron’s grouping and the left-green alliance will have to cooperate to keep the Front National out of power, but that won’t be easy

Jon Henley
Sun 30 Jun 2024 21.09 CEST

The National Rally (RN) has won 34% of the popular vote in the first round of France’s snap two-round general election, according to early estimates, with the leftwing New Popular Front (NFP) alliance on 28%-29% and President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist Together bloc on 20%-22%.

A national vote share, however, is extremely difficult to translate into a projected number of seats in the assemblée nationale. That’s because the final outcome will depend on the results in the constituencies. While pollsters issue seat estimates, France’s polling watchdog does not endorse them.

Here’s a guide to what comes next as voters gear up for the decisive second round of voting on 7 July, when France could decide to give control of its government to the far-right, anti-immigrant party for the first time in its history.

https://www.theguardian.com/global/arti ... ppens-next

#30

Andrea Chalupa @AndreaChalupa wrote: If you're trying to figure out where not to vacation in France, the dark brown regions voted for Nazis

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