• denial@feddit.org
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    2 months ago

    I think he expected for the people to grudgeingly rally behind his party to prevent le Pen. They rallied behind the left instead.

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      2 months ago

      With our current two-round election system and a fragmented left landscape, the far-right gamble has worked wonders for Macron and the center-right in the past. I’m so glad they fucked up even if for just this one time.

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      2 months ago

      The left didn’t increase its score from past election (about 25-30% of votes). The difference is they went united.

      But technically the far right got the most votes and only cross party agreements with the centre and right avoided a far right dominated parliament.