Taniel: —Attal began calling Macronist candidate who came in 3rd but made runoff, asking them to drop out to consolidate vs far-right. —Attal surprised to realize Macron was calling some in parallel, asking them to NOT drop out. This would risk RN wins. ( other confirmation:) bsky.app/profile/tani...

Details reported in piece for those who can’t read it —Macron’s team mostly shrugged off results on Sunday. They started celebrating a birthday as returned still coming in —He didn’t bother watching as Prime Minister, Attal, gave forceful speech calling to block far-right. (1/?)

Explosive reporting in Le Monde confirms what was apparent all week: Macron resisted the emergence of anti-far-right front after round 1. His PM, Attal, forced it as a fait accompli, & pressured for drop outs to block RN. Even then, Macron made some phone calls to undercut it.

Législatives 2024 : entre l’Elysée et Matignon, tensions sur le front républicainwww.lemonde.fr L’attitude à tenir face à la montée de l’extrême droite a profondément divisé Emmanuel Macron et Gabriel Attal. Leurs stratégies, parfois contraires, se sont parasitées avant le second tour des électi...

—Attal began calling Macronist candidate who came in 3rd but made runoff, asking them to drop out to consolidate vs far-right. —Attal surprised to realize Macron was calling some in parallel, asking them to NOT drop out. This would risk RN wins. ( other confirmation:) bsky.app/profile/tani...

A Macronist who came in 3rd place in southern France says he is dropping out to block the far-right. Results here: RN 36%, left 29%, Macronist 25%. What's interesting...: He said as he dropped out that he got calls to *not* do so, including from Macron. lemonde.fr/politique/li...

—Macron Interior Ministry, Darmanin right of party, reportedly said organizing election on 7/7 is good bc “bledards [word for immigrants from North Africa] won’t be around & won’t vote Left.” Note: Darmanin & RN nearly tied in round 1. Left dropped out, helping him, to block RN

(Another note on the prior tweet: The Inrerior Minister is also responsible for organizing elections, so…) —Attal and Macron have had “glacial” relations since Macron’s decision to call elections. We’ve known Attal didn’t know about it till just before public announcement.

And Left-wing voters forcing themselves to vote for Darmanin aren't having a good week, they sure don't.

Attal doing the right thing was a welcome surprise. Macron on the other hand just keep digging...

Attal is the (minor) hero we didn't expect, 100%

Fash gonna fash: Macron’s showing his true colors - and true Horst Wessel vibe.

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