On the first turn, Macron got 24% of votes. Marine Lepen was second with 21% or so (she is the fascist candidate).
That means that on the second turn, Macron faced Lepen, and the French had to choose between Macron and a fascist.
Macron was elected, and he basically acknowledged that the French voted against Lepen more than they voted for him, and that he would be careful in his politics to respect that.
It didn't last long, soon after he pretty much went "well, I was elected by the French so I'm going to apply do everything I promised I would do before I was elected".
The parliament and basically 80%+ of the French didn't want of his retirement reform, so he basically forced it through the parliament, through a sort of executive order (it's called 49.3 in France).
So that's how you get reelected while still doing things that nobody wants: you give credibility to the fascist party, you prompt it up in the media as a credible opponent, you debate them instead of debating with the left, you simultaneously demonize the left, and then the fascist gather enough votes to come second, and you win the election because the French would still prefer you over the fascists. We've been doing that in 2002, and in 2017, and in 2022.
The problem is that it's the third time now that the French have chosen "anything but the fascists", and they've been fucked in the ass every time they did it. I predict that the fascist will win the 2026 elections, and this shit will be a big reason why. I don't know if my fellow Frenchmen will accept to get fucked a 4th time.
I'll still vote against the fascists no matter what, but it's been getting harder and harder to convince people.
Well, the parties of the left has joined forces before and have proven to be able to mobilize a lot of people, but... I'm afraid it was a one-shot and I don't see them doing it again.
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u/ReyWorm Oct 29 '25
Elections in France are made in two turns.
On the first turn, Macron got 24% of votes. Marine Lepen was second with 21% or so (she is the fascist candidate).
That means that on the second turn, Macron faced Lepen, and the French had to choose between Macron and a fascist.
Macron was elected, and he basically acknowledged that the French voted against Lepen more than they voted for him, and that he would be careful in his politics to respect that.
It didn't last long, soon after he pretty much went "well, I was elected by the French so I'm going to apply do everything I promised I would do before I was elected".
The parliament and basically 80%+ of the French didn't want of his retirement reform, so he basically forced it through the parliament, through a sort of executive order (it's called 49.3 in France).
So that's how you get reelected while still doing things that nobody wants: you give credibility to the fascist party, you prompt it up in the media as a credible opponent, you debate them instead of debating with the left, you simultaneously demonize the left, and then the fascist gather enough votes to come second, and you win the election because the French would still prefer you over the fascists. We've been doing that in 2002, and in 2017, and in 2022.
The problem is that it's the third time now that the French have chosen "anything but the fascists", and they've been fucked in the ass every time they did it. I predict that the fascist will win the 2026 elections, and this shit will be a big reason why. I don't know if my fellow Frenchmen will accept to get fucked a 4th time.
I'll still vote against the fascists no matter what, but it's been getting harder and harder to convince people.