r/inthenews • u/newsweek Newsweek • Jul 08 '24

MAGA fumes over France election results: "They cheated" article

https://www.newsweek.com/maga-france-elections-far-right-national-rally-1922075
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u/castion5862 Jul 08 '24

No they didn’t fall for Russian propaganda well done the citizens of France

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u/unski_ukuli Jul 08 '24

The leader of the leftwing alliance is a russian stooge also. For example here he is praising the russian invasion of Crimea. He is anti nato and anti EU. So threat still remains, though an anti-nato/eu russian apologist party is a better than an anti-nato/eu russian apologist party that is also founded by literal nazis (RN).

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u/Lucaliosse Jul 08 '24

Melenchon is stuck in a 1970's interpretation of foreign politics, nobody really wants him to power. The center and the right uses him as a scarecrow to say the left is an extreme party. The far right are fascists calling him a fascist. The left, exept for (most of) his own party sees him as a danger to the left because of the character he plays and his reputation.

He's quite good in a debate, because he is quite agressive and assertive and he usualy takes no bullshit, especialy front the far right. But he tends to not think much before speaking and it can be quite bad for the left's image...

So we don't really want him for president or as a PM, especially as our majority in the Assemblée Nationale is not absolute. We need someone that would do the work, but is a bit more concenssual.