Early projections show National Rally on course for victory in the vote for a new parliament as Emmanuel Macron’s election gamble backfires.
  • Makeitstop@lemmy.world
    482·
    4 months ago

    France on Sunday took a step closer to delivering what was once seen as an unthinkable nightmare: a far-right government taking power in Paris for the first time.

    Well… the first time in a while. And just as the last time was exiting living memory.

    • Balinares@pawb.socialEnglish
      161·
      4 months ago

      No one can tell for certain, but it does seem like he’s been huffing his own farts so hard he figured he could win this.

      • BestBouclettes@jlai.lu
        8·
        4 months ago

        According to him, it was a “grenade between their legs”. Basically he wanted to wreck shit because of his hubris, and he’s doomed us all pretty much. Dude has a massive ego and can’t handle the reality that he’s deeply unpopular.

      • geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml
        6·
        4 months ago

        Macron is probably job hopping. Mark Rutte from the Netherlands did the same thing. Randomly disbanded the government for a lie.

        Turned out Rutte had a cushy job lined up as head of NATO. Which he officially got appointed for last week

      • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.clubEnglish
        2·
        4 months ago

        He’s expecting the far right to do a shit job at governing while he is still President and hopes this kills their popularity.

    • zaphod@sopuli.xyz
      4·
      4 months ago

      I’m sure he expected this, the real question should be why he thought this was good.

      • sweng@programming.dev
        24·
        4 months ago

        Being in the government often leads to reduced popularity.

        Consider the options:

        1. No early election. RN popularity continues to rise, and they take the presidency and parliament in 2027. Result: Complete power for 5 years.
        2. Early election. RN wins, and forms a new government. While being the ruling party, they lose in popularity and lose the elections in 2027. Result: limited power for 3 years.

        To me it seems quite clear that option 2 is preferable to 1 for Macron.