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French centrists must decide: support the left – or hand the keys of power to the far right?
(www.theguardian.com)
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I mean that was the point of Macron's gambit. Don't let it wait. Strike while you've still got a chance instead of dragging out a loss. Its going to be interesting to find out if this works.
Macron destroyed the traditional two parties by doing exactly this. Scaring voters away from the two extremes by monopolising the moderate voices. Only opposition becomes extreme idiots
Thats wrong. Macron could not do any of this even if he wanted. Polarization is related to the instability of a regime. Capitalism is in deep crisis and the extreme positions start growing, while center positions become weaker until they cease to have any meaningfull existence. Its also naive to think that you can go back to when centrism was viable. Its not a matter of liking it or not, its how it works. Macron isnt dictating how history progress, its history that will do a driveby over Macron
Capitalism IS the crises
Macron was the centrist alternative last time around. He eroded his support by the way he conducted the country, foremost by how he unilaterally pushed retirement legislation through against the will of the parliament.
So he had a hand in undermining the centrist position so in a way he did dictate historical progress.
And he did it for personal reasons or because french capitalism needed it?
That's besides the point. I do personally think that reform was necessary, but his action opened up a can of worms if the RN ever gets to deliver a presidency.