Moon-faced Assassin of Joy: Genuinely surprised to see the center and left uniting the block out avowed fascists - definitely not the historical norm. Good for... France? I'm saying, earnestly?

Genuinely surprised to see the center and left uniting the block out avowed fascists - definitely not the historical norm. Good for... France? I'm saying, earnestly?

"At least 200 candidates from both the left-wing alliance and President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist coalition pulled out of the contest...in order to unite behind those remaining contenders with the best chance of beating Le Pen’s nationalists" www.politico.eu/article/fren...

French election: Rivals unite against Le Pen’s far rightwww.politico.eu Hundreds of candidates from Macron’s camp and the left-wing alliance withdraw in an effort to keep the National Rally out.

Let's just say that the "center" (an authoritarian right-wing party) is being markedly more tactical than the left about whether they pull out.

I’m shocked. But it’s smart of them. Wish shit worked like that here.

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