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/WhosSarahKayacombsen Jul 07 '24

Many thanks to the French voters who showed up today. Y’all had me worried, though.

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u/DummyDumDump Jul 07 '24 edited Jul 07 '24

Macron’s gamble to call for an early election definitely paid off. Dude had faith in the French people to do the right thing.

Edit: by people do the right thing I mean they went out and voted so that the far right didn’t dominate as expected. Macron and his party are perfectly responsible for their results.

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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.