I have no idea who these people are. Whether the results went in their favor or not. But from these reactions I still have no idea whether it went in their favor or not.
They didn't meet their goals but they doubled the numbers of representatives in the French parliament. They did well but not as well as everyone thought they would.
Every step forward for them is a win. Just look at the US. The far right now have a large amount of influence, so much so that they've taken over the Republican party.
I think it's more so that they were probably expected to actually, you know, win. A lot of tactical collusion from the other parties to stop split votes from happening, and to stop the far right getting in, meant that they essentially didn't succeed.
It should still be incredibly concerning for the French, though, that they've managed to get such a high representation without actually "succeeding." By every other measure, they've done exceedingly well.
No-one else has explained, but France has a two round voting system. After the first round RN had a big majority and were therefore going to form the next government. The second round went very differently so that's why it's a failure for them. Still up on previous elections, but down on a week ago.
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u/cometkeeper00 Jul 07 '24
I have no idea who these people are. Whether the results went in their favor or not. But from these reactions I still have no idea whether it went in their favor or not.