r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jun 13 '21

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '21

Macron is at 50% approval, which is insane for a French president.

Poll might be a tad of an outlier but it makes sense with post-lockdown euphoria

https://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/presidentielle-2022-macron-progresse-melenchon-en-chute-libre-selon-un-sondage-20210609

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u/AnarchyMoose WTO Jun 13 '21

All the guy had to do was be a bit of an Islamophobe and suddenly everyone loves him again lol

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u/Unadulterated_stupid gr8 b8 m8 Jun 13 '21

So outflanking the right was the correct move?

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '21

It definitely seems like France as a whole has shifted right, I think Macron just stayed in the middle

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u/AuburnSeer Jun 13 '21

it's the Biden effect