French voters deliver a win for the left, a blow for Le Pen and a hung parliament

[SupportSanity]

Source: Reuters

PARIS, July 7 (Reuters) - France faced potential political deadlock after elections on Sunday threw up a hung parliament, with a leftist alliance unexpectedly taking the top spot ahead of the far right but no group winning a majority.

Voters delivered a major setback for Marine Le Pen's nationalist, eurosceptic National Rally (RN), which opinion polls had predicted would win the second-round ballot but ended up in the third spot, according to pollsters' projections.

The results were also a blow for centrist President Emmanuel Macron, who called the snap election to clarify the political landscape after his ticket took a battering at the hands of the RN in European Parliament elections last month.

He ended up with a hugely fragmented parliament, in what is set to weaken France's role in the European Union and elsewhere abroad and make it hard for anyone to push through a domestic agenda.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/far-right-bids-power-france-holds-parliamentary-election-2024-07-07/

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As we have watched the right and the far right gain ground around the world, this is a surprise reversal after snap elections were called by Macron.

[roscoeroscoe]

1. Viva le France!

This is great news.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

2. The left unified to stop the fascist

Someone should tell Cornel West and Jill Stein about it.

[yardwork]

16. They don't want stop fascists. They're making a lot of money.

[msongs]

3. macron took one for the team. whatta guy nt

[CanonRay]

4. Vive le France

See you in September.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

5. "Voters delivered a major setback for Marine Le Pen." Just gonna bask in that for awhile!

[Mister Ed]

6. "Vive La France!"

[usonian]

7. Le Pen is mightier than Le Pencil. Nothing more.

Bon soir.
Pardonnez le français cassé. 🥖

[slightlv]

8. I think people will only stand for

far right policies for just so long before they rebel against them, one way or another. The best way is via the ballot box... non violently... but it will turn violent if people are not heard and are paid no attention. Cruelty, physical, economical, or emotional will only be tolerated for so long. Progress will not be stifled for long. Just IMO.

[LiberalLovinLug]

9. So happy to hear this!

[ananda]

10. oh thank goodness!

I was worried about this one.

[riversedge]

13. 'Can LePen find 11 thousand-something votes is what I wanna know.'........

Can LePen find 11 thousand-something votes is what I wanna know.

Link to tweet

[FigTree]

11. More pressure from the people

might be necessary to finally be able to tax financial profits. Which really is the only point. Like anywhere else.

[riversedge]

12. Videos of French Far-Right's Reaction to Losing Election Go Viral

Videos of French Far-Right's Reaction to Losing Election Go Viral

Link to tweet

[riversedge]

14. Marine Le Pen: "The policies I represent are the policies that are represented by Trump and Putin." Her party just lost

straight from the horses mouth!!


Marine Le Pen: “The policies I represent are the policies that are represented by Trump and Putin.”

Her party just lost in a major upset.

Link to tweet

[2naSalit]

15. It's a good sign...

As this is happening in several places this past year. Australia kicked out the extremists, UK just last week, now France.

It's out turn next, get the fascists out of our government and drown them in a fucking bathtub.