> Fought on an anti-Le Pen platform after first round
> Left-wing bloc came out on top
> Ignored the left-wing bloc anyway
> Tried to make a deal with Le Pen in the budget
> Backfired spectacularly
Who would’ve thought?
Professional-Neat639 on
Good, surprised it took so long
glamatovic on
His government lasted (~~4~~) 3 months longer than I expected, not bad
CaptainCrash86 on
So Barnier lasted approximately 1.84 Trusses?
Alarow on
Let’s fucking go
Elamia on
*sigh* Here we go again.
Don’t even know where we are going with all this shit. And I think no one does at this point
emkay1 on
It seems like the vote was triggered by a budget draft which proposed [€40 billion in public spending cuts and €20 billion in tax increases](https://checkthatshit.com/checks/5371?origin=1h6otlh). Can someone elaborate why it was met with such opposition and even lead to a no-confidence vote?
_-Burninat0r-_ on
Pause this timeline now.
What the fuck is going on
XWasTheProblem on
So what’s next for you folks? Elections again or the opposition takes the lead?
OkKnowledge2064 on
I dont see how any government wants to handle the debt situation whatsoever. there will need to be cuts either way. You cant run away from reality forever
Beyllionaire on
Very good. This government was completely illegitimate, they got there through a coup d’état.
But the next page of the story is gonna be messy…
IHerebyDemandtoPost on
Does this mean another election?
BudgetHistorian7179 on
Oh, so a centrist government who lost the elections trusted a fascist party who ALSO lost the elections and got backstabbed at the very first occasion?
Oh well, color me surprised.
Macron would rather eat a living toad than appoint a leftist – despite the fact they WON the elections – let’s see what idiotic plan he tries next…
TRACHEIDSbristlecone on
Branf Joy to my Anarchist thoughts.
krazydude22 on
French politics is soo interesting….. I’m now looking forward to the next episode……….
Divinate_ME on
Funny how Barnier is without alternative up until the point where Barnier isn’t an alternative at all.
IndividualSkill3432 on
Germany Britain and France have had little growth in GDP per capita since the financial crisis in 2008. Germany had some but its stalled. The big economies have been in a long running crisis and the politicians have been acting like its a short term thing.
knifetrader on
For all its drawbacks, straight up FPTP looks suddenly pretty attractive when considering the gridlock and instability brought about by more proportional systems in Germany and France…
ciagw on
Geezus, yet another crisis of democracy. The dictators are laughing their asses off.
RedFuckingGrave on
Snap back to reality, oh, there goes gravity…
Tiny-Wheel5561 on
So tired of seeing centrists side with fascists.
BalianofReddit on
Do we have any indication of the reaction to this? Sovereign dept crisis 2 electric boogaloo?
Qsuki on
Macron is good, as long as Lepen is losing.
Common-Ad6470 on
Weird what with what’s going on in Georgia and South Korea.
Almost like there’s someone in the background trying to destabilise the World….🤔
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> Called a snap election
> Fought on an anti-Le Pen platform after first round
> Left-wing bloc came out on top
> Ignored the left-wing bloc anyway
> Tried to make a deal with Le Pen in the budget
> Backfired spectacularly
Who would’ve thought?
Good, surprised it took so long
His government lasted (~~4~~) 3 months longer than I expected, not bad
So Barnier lasted approximately 1.84 Trusses?
Let’s fucking go
*sigh* Here we go again.
Don’t even know where we are going with all this shit. And I think no one does at this point
It seems like the vote was triggered by a budget draft which proposed [€40 billion in public spending cuts and €20 billion in tax increases](https://checkthatshit.com/checks/5371?origin=1h6otlh). Can someone elaborate why it was met with such opposition and even lead to a no-confidence vote?
Pause this timeline now.
What the fuck is going on
So what’s next for you folks? Elections again or the opposition takes the lead?
I dont see how any government wants to handle the debt situation whatsoever. there will need to be cuts either way. You cant run away from reality forever
Very good. This government was completely illegitimate, they got there through a coup d’état.
But the next page of the story is gonna be messy…
Does this mean another election?
Oh, so a centrist government who lost the elections trusted a fascist party who ALSO lost the elections and got backstabbed at the very first occasion?
Oh well, color me surprised.
Macron would rather eat a living toad than appoint a leftist – despite the fact they WON the elections – let’s see what idiotic plan he tries next…
Branf Joy to my Anarchist thoughts.
French politics is soo interesting….. I’m now looking forward to the next episode……….
Funny how Barnier is without alternative up until the point where Barnier isn’t an alternative at all.
Germany Britain and France have had little growth in GDP per capita since the financial crisis in 2008. Germany had some but its stalled. The big economies have been in a long running crisis and the politicians have been acting like its a short term thing.
For all its drawbacks, straight up FPTP looks suddenly pretty attractive when considering the gridlock and instability brought about by more proportional systems in Germany and France…
Geezus, yet another crisis of democracy. The dictators are laughing their asses off.
Snap back to reality, oh, there goes gravity…
So tired of seeing centrists side with fascists.
Do we have any indication of the reaction to this? Sovereign dept crisis 2 electric boogaloo?
Macron is good, as long as Lepen is losing.
Weird what with what’s going on in Georgia and South Korea.
Almost like there’s someone in the background trying to destabilise the World….🤔