Interesting that the highest vote-getter (248 seats) is the “Leave NATO” platform!
I expect the Euro to be gone before the end of the decade, with EU breaking up soon, followed by NATO.
kiers
1 year ago
Macron c’est conne.
KidHorn
1 year ago
My wife has many relatives in France. None of them have jobs. Europe is a complete basket case. Everyone wants a free handout. And now they’re being flooded with unproductive religious zealots who have no interest in integration. Doesn’t matter who’s in charge. They’re a socialist society with limited resources. Without money printing, everyone outside of Germany would be bankrupt. Same as the US. Only worse.
The far left and the far right can easily find a path together once they have power and a strong head of state. Socialism can easily result in facism when the extremists come together and form the antithesis of everything that is balance.
It was the National Socialist German Workers’ Party after all and if I could underline the Socialist for the extreme Left a million times I would.
“It was the National Socialist German Workers’ Party after all and if I could underline the Socialist for the extreme Left a million times I would.”
Riiiiight. That is why they imprisoned the actual socialists, trade unionists and communists, right?!.
The Nazis were a right-wing authoritarian party.
Dutoit
1 year ago
I think that the so-called “far left” is mainly what I could call “American left”. Mostly interested in minorities, LGBTQXYZ, climate. The partisans of sovereignty (against UE, NATO) have been evicted from LFI (the main component of NUPES). Only some MPs of the old communist party remain. There is still a strong part, but in minority, mainly interested in economy (marxist), but it is gradually reduced. This “American left” is also very well represented in Ensemble (Macron). So that taking 2/3 of NUPES and more than one half of Ensemble you would get something like the American democratic party.
I think that the main thing is that more than one half of the people allowed to vote did not, or made a blank vote. 70% of the young (under 35) don’t vote. This is why we will probably see some outbursts (like that of “yellow jackets” a few years ago) that no party in the assembly will control or claim.
When you realize that something doesn’t work you should stop doing it.
Despite the cheerleading from those with vested interests.
Fish1
1 year ago
Perhaps more impactful is the fact that Colombia just elected (today) an avowed Marxist for president. Colombia has been a staunch US ally, conservatively run place. If the “domino affect” is something to be feared, it just happened in South America.
The multiple “fires” worry of El Erian is indeed taking place right now. Exchange rates for these currencies are collapsing in real time. This is very destabilizing and contagious.
prumbly
1 year ago
Things may slowly be getting a bit better in France, but it’s still depressing how many socialists there still are. You have to wonder how bad things need to get in a country before the socialists really get ditched.
Doug78
1 year ago
No party has the majority so a coalition will have to be built. If Maron goes to the left he will have to deal with Mélenchon who is problematic to say the least so he will try to bring in the Republicans and with can govern. The result was not unanticipated since his party’s problems are well-known. At its origin Macron’s party was the result of a fusion between the centrist elements of the Socialists and Les Républicains so this would not be the first time at coalition-building. When he appoints the prime minister we will know who won since his choice would be the result of negociations.
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I expect the Euro to be gone before the end of the decade, with EU breaking up soon, followed by NATO.
Riiiiight. That is why they imprisoned the actual socialists, trade unionists and communists, right?!.
The Nazis were a right-wing authoritarian party.