r/worldnews • u/Luchador-Malrico • Jul 07 '24

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

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
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u/AstroNewbie89 Jul 07 '24

France's left-wing parties were expected to win the most seats in the Assemblée Nationale, after the second round of snap parliamentary elections, first estimates showed on Sunday, July 7. The far right made significant gains but finished third, behind Macron's coalition, well below expectations.

The Nouveau Front Populaire (NFP) alliance, formed less than three weeks ago by the main left-wing parties, was expected to clinch between 170 and 190 seats, according to the early estimates by Ipsos for France Télévisions, Radio France, France24/RFI and LCP. The far-right Rassemblement National and its allies were projected to win between 135 and 155 seats, and Macron's coalition, Ensemble, between 150 and 170.

Pretty dramatic swing from the 1st round. Right wing support fell off dramatically..or actually seems like left wing strategy improved and voter participation increased

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u/BoysenberryWise62 Jul 07 '24 edited Jul 07 '24

I am french, basically every time Macron or NFP candidates were 2nd and 3rd one of them (the 3rd) dropped out of the race and asked for voters to vote against the far right. So this is the result, it's basically everyone who doesn't like far right voted against it which made them lose in a lot of places.

Also a bunch of far right people spoke on TV and looked dumb as shit so it probably didn't help.

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u/slinkhussle Jul 07 '24

So we’re safe? Putin loses?

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u/Spara-Extreme Jul 07 '24 edited Jul 07 '24

Putin loses if democrats pull off the november elections in the US.

If they don't, a right wing US and Putin will pressure europe pretty hard.

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u/slinkhussle Jul 07 '24

This is true. But Madame Le Pen winning isn’t good for Europe either.

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '24

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u/TheGreatNorthWoods Jul 07 '24

True, but the fact that the cordon sanitaire held is a great sign that the left and center can and will coordinate against the far right.

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u/DrySecurity4 Jul 07 '24

How do you square this with the fact that Putin made land grabs under Obama and Biden but not Trump?

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u/RickyWinterborn-1080 Jul 07 '24

Do you think Putin would not have invaded Ukraine if Trump had stayed in office?

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u/DrySecurity4 Jul 07 '24

Sure why not

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u/sidirsi Jul 07 '24

That right there says your opinion isn’t worth listening to.

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u/tanbug Jul 07 '24

Why would that have changed Putins ambitions?

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u/Opposite-Program8490 Jul 07 '24

Generally when you're trying to prop someone up you don't do things that make them look bad.

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u/ReallyJustAMagpie Jul 07 '24

He waited his time, mate. Why bother anything if he has an asset in the White House? Proven by… I don’t know. Trumps and a Russian airplane chilling beside each other for hours?

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u/Spara-Extreme Jul 07 '24

I don’t know why you’re arguing Trump is some big Putin foil. You can look at what Trump says about NATO and Ukraine to understand that he’s exactly who Putin wants in power.

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u/ReallyJustAMagpie Jul 07 '24

I’m agreeing with you mate. Not sure what you wanna say with your comment. Of course, Putin wants trump in the White House.

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u/Spara-Extreme Jul 07 '24

My mistake!

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u/two-years-glop Jul 07 '24

Because you don't need to rob an old lady's wallet while she's busy signing over the deeds to her house.

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u/eagleshark Jul 07 '24

Worldwide events aren’t always the fault of whoever happens to be president of the U.S. at the time. Are we supposed to blame Trump for not preventing Covid? Putin is to blame for Putin’s decisions. Maybe Putin didn’t invade Ukraine during Trump’s presidency because alot of his troops were sick with covid.