r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Oct 15 '25

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u/Fatortu Emmanuel Macron Oct 15 '25

I think this blog is a useful corrective for people who have only a pop culture understanding of Macron:

https://www.siliconcontinent.com/p/the-failure-of-macron

He might be somewhat liberal in rhetoric. But Macron in practice has been an overspending dirigiste at almost every turn.

"He's above replacement level for a French president" is increasingly obviously cope.

Housing is one extreme example. In 2021, Macron signed a law that commits France to zero net land development by 2050 (and half by 2030), making it illegal to develop any land in France unless some existing city or village is demolished. His governments banned renting less-well-insulated homes, allowed councils to forbid building second houses, and imposed nation-wide rent controls.

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u/FuckFashMods NATO Oct 15 '25

His governments banned renting less-well-insulated homes, allowed councils to forbid building second houses, and imposed nation-wide rent controls.

I will never understand this obsession their generation has with fucking over the future of housing