French Elections have prompted hilariously crazy political fallout!

Compared to UK election scenes, the fallout from Macron calling a snap election in France has been a hold my beer moment!
Right, so whilst the news over here in the UK obsesses over a General Election campaign as depressing as any I’ve ever known when no matter who becomes Prime Minister next month, nothing will actually change, over in France, things are getting pretty wild and I’m not talking about yet more protests, or people threatening to go for a poo in the Seine as a protest against the upcoming Olympic Games after Emmanuel Macron said he’d be prepared to swim in it, as if it wasn’t polluted enough already. Well he’s now called elections in the country following his Renaissance Party getting a rinsing at the recent EU elections, losing badly to the far right National Rally Party of Marine Le Pen, the country seemingly on a path to fascism, with all the repercussions for Europe that comes with that, but the reaction to this, especially amongst other parties is something we never see over here and frankly all bets are off right now as to how things will go.
Right, so the French, the experts in protest, might have just protested themselves off the edge of a cliff politically speaking, as their penchant for placards and setting fire to stuff in the streets doesn’t translate well to voting and when it came to the European elections, it was very much protest time again, at least I hope that’s how it’s gone, because I’m kind of hoping the support seen for the far right party of Marine Le Pen, Rassemblement National, or the National Rally Party, was very much a protest at Emmanuel Macron, the Tony Blair ripoff that has been President since 2017, his centrism, which as we full well know in this country amounts to nothing ever changing and he’s been punished at the polls for that, with Le Pen’s horrible party taking 31.4% of the vote, double that of Macron’s outfit Renaissance.
Macron’s reaction to this, can be argued to be calling the bluff of his own people. If a vote for Le Pen was a protest vote to tell him to buck his ideas up, then he’s gone to the country – within an hour of those election results coming out - and said, well let’s have a snap election then, because apparently he doesn’t believe France would pick the far right over him. Nobody saw it coming, Macron has pulled a Sunak in effect, calling an election and wrongfooting even members of his government, even his Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, knew nothing about it.
Macron as good as confirmed this was his thinking, saying that the nation needed clarification on where they stood – do they really want the far right in power then, or is this just protest voters trying to tell Macron what to do? I mean the temerity of these people! Imagine electing a President and thinking they’d do things in the interest of the French people! Who do they think they are! He’s not hanging around either, polling day in France is the 30th of June, an election period of basically just two weeks!
But for as much as Macron epitomises stereotypical French arrogance it seems, the danger is that France really could elect Le Pen this time and it’s what the smaller parties are up to, that seems the craziest in light of this.

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[t.s.aguilar]

Macron going for a swim in the Seine as if it wasn't already polluted enough!! Good one, Damo!!! Right on!

[kkkk]

And they are getting thrown out of Africa. My heart bleeds . Not😅

[HBFaash]

Having literally fought the national front, british national party and column 88 on many British streets in the 70's and early 80's, I for one do not welcome their resurgence.

[Lee_]

It's not really surprising with these childish spoilt brats throwing their little tantrums 😅

[sinthoras]

Macron tries handing Le Pen the presidency on a silver platter

[georgeh]

Voters often don't realize how bad it will be until after they vote for the fascists. In any case, it is always the fault of the incumbent party for not giving the people what they want and need.

[hopethisworks]

I lived in a southern French village in 2002 at the time that Le Pen had been a big threat to win . He was going to return any immigrant back to their country of origin. There was a rally in the village square where many people who had escaped from Franco's Spain told emotional stories of how the French had welcomed them at that time. It was a protest vote against Chirac and perhaps his corruption that made people vote for Le Pen. In the second round Chirac won by a landslide. Perhaps Macron ( the stress on the "a" not the "o" by the way is hoping for the same outcome. At least the new Le Pen incarnation has changed her mind about Frexit so if it gets too bad here we can just go to another EU country`

[stuartwray]

I think Alastair Campbell previously advised Macron. In Jan 2018 he said: 'Macron is the real heir to Blair'. In 2021 he said: 'the French President is a politician like no other: neither from the left nor the right, bold and decisive, yet the antithesis of a populist. If he can win re-election next year he will shape not just the future of France but of Europe'. Lol - the irony.

[yannmaenden]

What we have coming up in France are Legislative elections to elect the 577 members of the National Assembly .
The elections will have two rounds - which will be the 30th June and 7th July 2024.

Presidential elections are entirely separate, so Macron's job isn't at risk until 2027.

[stevefrompolaca]

the curse of Zel boy strikes again.... hilarious

[keithparker]

Mainland Europes left like us in Britain not on the ball on immigration

[LuisAldamiz]

Farage: "let's make Brexit worse again. Viva New Puerto Rico! Long live the Banana Disunited Kingdom!" 🤣

[renata_of_the_craft]

Macron knows full well the longer he would have waited with the election he would have given more seats to Resemblement National.

[annenunney]

I would not want to decide which one of these parties to vote for I just would not vote thanks Damo

[chrisgriffin]

We don't want the Tory B team Labour so why would we pick the Tory C team reform? ... where is the news coverage on the Greens besides attacking them?

[luketorkington]

I don't see how a bit (and I do mean a BIT!) of nationalism, could b any worse than what we have now. We have a fascistic una-party who switch betwixt a lack of care for the country and active sabotage of it! Also I don't get the link between Farage and fascism. Can't see one, nor really a 'far right ' connection! Cheers Damo

[ChrisMurray-iwij]

Brexiteers where right we got out just before it goes full far right fascism well done Europe

[thomasdonau]

As a man, I have to say that Maréchal Le Pen is stunningly good looking. Am I being shallow and superficial?😟🤷‍♂️

Vive La Republique. Vive A France!

[rothwellaudio]

The far right are already in charge in Europe, hence the behaviour of the German and French governments and police over the last eight months. Are the "far right" actually the "farther right", or are they no different?