The president wants to save France from itself, but he may just be handing the country over to the far right
hose complaining about the tedium and predictability of the UK’s general election must gaze with envy across the Channel to France, a country suddenly plunged into a frenzy of electoral uncertainty. And those in Britain who bemoan a lack of bold leadership cannot but note the contrast presented by its president,, and this Macron possesses in abundance. It enabled his storming of the presidency in 2017 at the.
It is entirely possible that this peremptory demand that voters “assume their responsibilities” and reject extremism will backfire spectacularly. The RN, Macron’s centrist Renaissance party 19%. RN won every region in the EU elections. While turnout was low, one survey found that nearly half of those voting RN did so primarily to express dissatisfaction with Macron and his government.
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