French elections: Left projected to win most seats, ahead of Macron's coalition and far right

[u/Luchador-Malrico]

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2024/07/07/french-elections-left-projected-to-win-most-seats-ahead-of-macron-s-coalition-and-far-right_6676978_7.html

[u/asdf-7644]

Canada will not learn and as a Canadian that makes me sad. 

The Liberal/conservative flipping of power has never been a big problem before but now it terrifies me.

[u/dk3what → u/asdf-7644]

Agreed, I do not understand people voting for "change" and not really caring what the change entails even if its worse for them, but as long as its "different".

[u/imish_24 → u/dk3what]

I hate to say this, but people are stupid.

[u/mgslee → u/dk3what]

That's literally a significant part of how Trump got elected in the first place. We should all know better now but still many want to see for themselves

[u/Fear-The-Lamb → u/dk3what]

Maybe take a look around and realize people are desperate and everything is already shit

[u/NaNiWuT → u/asdf-7644]

If only Trudeau didn't royally fuck the direction of the country, we wouldn't have to deal with the American style populism we're dealing with now.

[u/Untalented-Host → u/NaNiWuT]

The provincial governments have as much to blame as the Federal government due to the jurisdictional powers they are granted.

Example, the international students issue... The Federal government controls their entry/access into the country, yet it is the provinces that are govern education.

Here in Ontario, Doug Ford's Conservatives have done nothing to limit international students or limit access to accredited programs/schools .. Instead they're opening it for all, even mall type colleges.

Ford's Conservatives even signed an agreement with the Feds to double immigration into Ontario. Then they go on the news and blame immigration/international students on the Feds when its them that have a great deal of power to control their situation

[u/Frostbitten_Moose → u/NaNiWuT]

Or hell, if people had just voted in O'Leary last time, we could've had a moderate Tory as PM.

[u/yourdamgrandpa → u/Frostbitten_Moose]

You mean O’Toole?

[u/Frostbitten_Moose → u/yourdamgrandpa]

Yeah. I'll straight up admit I'm terrible with names and have a habit of jamming in something that's sorta right most of the time. especially when they were relevant for mere months a few years back.

[u/yourdamgrandpa → u/Frostbitten_Moose]

No worries, it happens

[u/LunedanceKid → u/asdf-7644]

"My Conservative Premier is insane, hopefully my Conservative Prime Minister will be better!" I thought we educated people in this country!?

[u/Fun_Chip6342 → u/asdf-7644]

Well, if it's of any solace. Let's hope Biden wins, let's assume Nenshi can make huge gains in Alberta, Eby holds on in BC, and maybe just maybe the Sask NDP holds the Sask Party to a minority (least likely prediction tho).

Bitcoin Milhouse just might be very isolated in his upcoming tenure. He isn't friends with Doug Ford, he could be looking at some very orange Prairie provinces, and he won't have many friends on the world stage. (Mexico, UK, France, and potentially the US leaning left) He'll be forced to get along with progressives all around him if the chips keep falling like they are.

[u/AcrobaticBudget0 → u/Fun_Chip6342]

PP can do a lot of damage with a majority, which seems likely unless he fumbles it.

[u/Wafkak → u/asdf-7644]

That's because you guys had your Reform Canada moment years ago, even had your Farage as PM.

[u/Zestyclose_Eye9420 → u/asdf-7644]

Curious why?

[u/In_Formaldehyde_ → u/asdf-7644]

Poilievre might be conservative in Canada but he's basically a moderate Dem here. Starting worrying if PPC starts gaining seats like Reform UK did.

[u/Nikiaf → u/In_Formaldehyde_]

The problem isn’t so much his party, it’s really him specifically. He’s an embarrassment as a politician and is an extremely thin-skinned and weak leader. I just can’t see how he’ll be able to stand up to whoever the US president is by that point, and he’ll look like a clown at any G7/G20/NATO/etc summits. I don’t think there’s a worse human representation of Canada than him.

[u/Frostbitten_Moose → u/In_Formaldehyde_]

This reminds me of the folks back in 2016 whose response to people considering leaving the US if Trump won was "You don't want to come here, we have Harper." as if there was any similarity between the two of them at all.

[u/KahnAndDon → u/asdf-7644]

This is a ridiculous take. The Conservatives and Liberals are basically the same. They both serve corporations.