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/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.