The French election was held now because Macron dissolved the National Assembly on June 9, just hours after the far right significantly outperformed his centrist coalition in the European elections. It was a power play to show the EU how strong he was. He didn’t expect liberal France to finally elect Marine LePen’s nationalist party, or …
The French election was held now because Macron dissolved the National Assembly on June 9, just hours after the far right significantly outperformed his centrist coalition in the European elections. It was a power play to show the EU how strong he was. He didn’t expect liberal France to finally elect Marine LePen’s nationalist party, or any of the other parties for that matter.
Calling LePen a far right and Macron a centrist is a misnomer when compared with US politicians. Macron is a hard left globalist, even further left than Bernie Sanders, and LePen is center left like Kevin McCarthy, who was the least conservative Republican in Congress at best.
The French election was held now because Macron dissolved the National Assembly on June 9, just hours after the far right significantly outperformed his centrist coalition in the European elections. It was a power play to show the EU how strong he was. He didn’t expect liberal France to finally elect Marine LePen’s nationalist party, or any of the other parties for that matter.
Calling LePen a far right and Macron a centrist is a misnomer when compared with US politicians. Macron is a hard left globalist, even further left than Bernie Sanders, and LePen is center left like Kevin McCarthy, who was the least conservative Republican in Congress at best.