France: A left-wing coalition unexpectedly surged and the far-right National Rally fell short
France: A left-wing coalition unexpectedly surged and the far-right National Rally fell short
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I never thought I’d say this, but America needs to be more like France. They didn’t forget what fascism looks like.
Believe me we did, the RN gained seats.
Also according to the OP, RN now have more seats than anyone else. Still not enough to form a government by themselves, and the other two main parties won't want to help them.
However the other two parties don't exactly get on swimmingly with each other, either, so the new coalition government might struggle.
No, RN is third by number of seats, with NFP (united left) being first and Ensemble (center-right) being second
Ahh yes I misread and assumed NFP was right, probably because they are red lol.
Red is left everywhere (that is not the US). It's probably a metric standard.
I may not be a mathologist, but I’m pretty sure 142 is a smaller number than both 150 and 178.
Yeah, like I said in my other comment, my brain farted and assumed right wing = red.
Heh yeah that throws me off too sometimes
Why would you never think you'd say that? France is a rather functional country on the whole.
Sorry, that was a poorly worded response on my part. Thinking back, I’ve watched France stand up numerous times (if memory serves) against this type of hard-right nonsense.
They sure as fuck know how to protest.
We Americans could learn a lot from them right now
Don't speak too fast. With the RN (far right) being unable to govern now, they'll be able to watch comfortably from the sidelines and criticise everything the others are attempting to build without doing anything themselves. They will be blameless for the presidential elections in two year's time.
Had they been in power now, we would have seen how incompetent they are and it could have lowered their chances for the next election. And we'd have had them for two years instead of five (or, ok, a risk of two + five).
With the RN (far right) being unable to govern now, they'll be able to watch comfortably from the sidelines and criticise everything the others are attempting to build without doing anything themselves.
Which is what the GOP does anyway. Obstruct any progress as much as possible, criticize the Dems for not doing anything while ignoring their obstruction as the reason, and when something does happen to get through their obstruction they go back to their districts and take credit for it.
The two systems are quite different though.
They're not that different. Democrats and Republicans are just coalitions that are already formed. The actual party organizations in different states are run very differently, with different priorities. The Democratic Party in MA is not the same as the Democratic Party in Texas.