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 ⬇️
Ex-KGB playbook, the long game. Without the figleaf of 'socialism', what's left is a fascistic mafia state with both experience and a vested interest in destabilising liberalism, and scores to settle.
Brexit is also an example of this. But that has had catastrophic consequences for UK Conservative politicians. With Putin gone, broken up into pieces run by many different Russian war lords, each with their own nuclear arsenal. It’s going to get wild. @chrislhayes.bsky.social@nytimes.com
