2022 French legislatives

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I honestly think that one thing the French left should embrace is more sectarianism. Melenchon did best when he threw out the sovereignists and hit hard against the liberals and labor bureaucrats. The events in Serbia and Hungary in my mind shows the fact that grand coalitions are overrated and turn off the electorate as there isn’t any tailoring to the niche interests that make up a population. Everyone sort of doing their own thing works best in gaining power.

After all, the French left’s habit of grand coalitions usually screws working people over with compromised candidates like Mitterrand. And due to its unique history, the French left uniting isn’t something left wing voters want as they have exceptionally bad blood over themselves. This sort of thing isn’t how grassroots politics operates, it works best to be democratic and decentralized so as to be dynamic to major changes and hard to swat down in crackdowns.

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I'm seeing Reconquête! at 6-7% in the polls. Is actually getting that much a realistic possibility for them? They have next to no infrastructure, very few well-known candidates and their presidential candidate flopped. I'm not sure there are that many people who are willing to vote for Random Zemmourist #47B.

His mogul backers have all this money to blow on this, I can say that it is definitely a great possibility.

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More and more reasons why LFI is the only viable alternative for the French left to survive.

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Given that Macron will most likely not have a parliamentary opposition large enough to impeach him—as LREM+, LR, MoDem, EELV, and PS won’t impeach him—this is where I get off the tactical ride and do what the heart wants. I’m abstaining and I don’t see the good in voting for the NUPES opportunists.

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I think this election disproves the notion of both “anti-system” voters existing and any sort of wish of a liberal opposition against the far right once it comes down to whatever their media says.

I had a feeling LFI would underperform the minute they decided to make backroom deals with the greens and socialists instead of sniping them. Still, LFI increased their seat count and at the end of the day that’s all their base cards about. That is however still keeping them in opposition, and the emboldened social liberals in will just cave into helping Macron govern and the PCF has its own agenda.

Like I’ve been saying; LFI is not just Melenchon alone but his host of friends and allies in the Left party, Ensemble, Ruffin, and others. It cannot be described as the same personality vehicle Le Pen or Macron has. Once he angers his allies, and he will, and they cease propping LFI up the entire party will soon fold from lack of useful idiots doing most of the work.

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Let the jockeying begin

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Also, where in the world did POI win a seat and what were the results now and in 2017.

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Elisabeth Borne tender her resignation to Macron, but he refused:

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne offered her resignation to President Emmanuel Macron in the wake of the ruling party losing its majority in elections, but the head of state turned it down, the presidency said on Tuesday.

Macron believes the government needs to "stay on task and act" and the president will now seek "constructive solutions" to the political deadlock in talks with opposition parties, said a presidential official, who asked not to be named.

Macron’s discussions with opposition leaders will start on Tuesday with Christian Jacob, head of the traditional conservative Republicains (LR) party that has been in decline in recent months but could be courted to give Macron a parliamentary majority.
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Macron is also set to meet with Le Pen, but Mélenchon is not expected to do the same.

why

It should be obvious as to why.

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Elisabeth Borne tender her resignation to Macron, but he refused:

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne offered her resignation to President Emmanuel Macron in the wake of the ruling party losing its majority in elections, but the head of state turned it down, the presidency said on Tuesday.

Macron believes the government needs to "stay on task and act" and the president will now seek "constructive solutions" to the political deadlock in talks with opposition parties, said a presidential official, who asked not to be named.

Macron’s discussions with opposition leaders will start on Tuesday with Christian Jacob, head of the traditional conservative Republicains (LR) party that has been in decline in recent months but could be courted to give Macron a parliamentary majority.
(...)

Macron is also set to meet with Le Pen, but Mélenchon is not expected to do the same.

why

It should be obvious as to why.

Mélenchon is giving up a chance to have influence

The wants of the LFI base, poor urban youth and struggling clerical workers, is radically different from the wants of shopkeeps and peripheral elites. There is no agreement and ultimately such a divide is too great to mend.

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Found it, St Denis 12th constituency at like 52-48%. The dude ran on the LFI list.