Confused by French politics? Our answers to the questions you are afraid to ask
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They forgot some fact :
Lastly, Macron wanted the far-right movement to win the 2024 legislative. For me, the center doesn't exist, they aren't a middle ground between left and right. They are the architect of this chaos and accuse left-wing being a violent group...and many things. They should be tagged as far-center.
The left-wing (NFP) has not won. They have 178 seats.
Centrists (Ensemble) have 158 seats.
The far-right + the right have 209 seats.
I don't like Emmanuel Macron but claiming the left-wing has won is delusional.
A little recap for people around the world:
I said :
And do you know why the chart mention LR twice ?
The LR were opposed to an alliance with the RN.
Translation:
Most of LR opposed to alliance with RN. It was a standalone decision from Eric Ciotti, old secretary of LR and he faced opposition. LR tried to remove him from secretary position several time.
And the chart showcase it well. Let's recap:
Here, NFP is a single group that include several left-wing group : socialist, ecologist, communist, france insoumise.
So the score should be : NFP 178> centrist 159 > RN 143
You are right, there is no clear winner but :
⚠️ I may be wrong. I can't find good data. ⚠️
Why centrists/LR didn't desist ? If i recall well, it's because of LFI candidate that were part of the NFP. So, It favored RN and divantaged NFP. (But i need data to confront what i said)
Futhermore, let's talk about the republic process. Î recommend you listening to Dominique Villepin (french, you can try subtitle translation), he is part of right wing and he understand well what is at stake, even for Gaza. In the video, he explains that we need to do thing in a certain order :
Why it is important to achieve this in this order ? Because it will give to the president more opportunity and appease people. And, the president Macron alway refused to chose a left wing minister.
On my personal point of view, we should destroy president function and create a senate composed of people from various lifestyle. Not politicians. i want people : workers, dancers, waiters, deaf, blind, trans, woman, child, scientifics, cleaners, farmers, soldier, policeman...in the senate.
Currently they don't represent us.
Edit : typo + rewording for better understanding.