jeffw@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoChaos in France after Macron refuses to name prime minister from leftwing coalitionwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square135fedilinkarrow-up1424arrow-down123cross-posted to: worldnewsnonus@lemy.lol
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minus-squareacargitz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoAs a Greek I have some familiarity. Our politics is just as adversarial (if not more) and there is no tradition of coalitions. But when push came to shove, they figured it out, if only for a bit.
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoWhile Greece was arguably mismanaged, it didn’t deserve the harshness it got. But the same political mess could well be in the future of France.
As a Greek I have some familiarity. Our politics is just as adversarial (if not more) and there is no tradition of coalitions. But when push came to shove, they figured it out, if only for a bit.
While Greece was arguably mismanaged, it didn’t deserve the harshness it got. But the same political mess could well be in the future of France.
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