JUST IN: Polls closed in first round of France elections. Two main French TV estimates (combines early results & exit poll) show strong far-right.
Far-right bloc: ≈34%
Left bloc: ≈28-29%
Macron bloc: ≈20-22%
What does this mean? What'll happen? Follow this thread ⬇️
"Lemme call a snap election while I'm up." I don't know why people keep giving credence to the "centrists are the grownups in the room" line. They're so bad at politics.
The plan is for a hung parliament to take the wind out of RN's sails, Macron never bet on actually winning but to bait RN into a situation where they would trip over themselves after failing to reach a majority.
The problem is, if that's the plan he should be saying "any Macronist candidate who's in 3rd should drop out and endorse the non-RN candidate." not hedging his recommendations behind "only if they're the acceptable kind of leftist."
