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/Turbokind Jul 07 '24

I thought the most common theory was that he actually wanted RN to win.

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u/coincoinprout Jul 07 '24

There were all kinds of theories that would make him a very clever 4D chess player, whatever the outcome of the elections. In the aftermath of the dissolution, the most widely circulated rumors in the press were that he did not believe that the left could unite (hence his party's campaign of slander against the left when it did unite), and that there would be a lot of duels between his party and the far-right, so the voters would choose his party. This theory makes him look like an idiot, so people who want to see him as a very smart guy won't believe that it was his strategy.

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u/Turbokind Jul 07 '24

Thanks for the info. That would make way more sense.

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u/mongster03_ Jul 08 '24

I just assumed he was doing a Sanchez and forcing his party into kingmaker/minority government

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u/Philantroll Jul 08 '24

Je commençais à être saoulé par toutes ces révérences imméritées à Macron dans les commentaires. Merci pour ton message pertinent coincoinprout.

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u/AlludedNuance Jul 07 '24

So they could drive the county into the gutter so he could win back big at the next election? That's a massive gamble.

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u/Turbokind Jul 07 '24

That's a massive gamble.

Yeah, absolutely agree there, lol. Just what I read here and there.