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So what happened in the French election? (hexbear.net)
submitted 6 months ago by Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net
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They keep saying leftists won, but it seems to be coalition with centrists?

Is this just Western media calling liberals leftists again or did France actually elect a real leftist government?

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[–] supafuzz@hexbear.net 22 points 6 months ago (1 children)

the left coalition got a plurality but nobody got a majority. the left coalition, centrist coalition, and fash coalition all got roughly similarly-sized blocks of seats.

so it's gonna be a gridlocked shitshow.

[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 21 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

liberalism "we voted the fash out!"

The fash still hold a large chunk of seats

Ah, liberalism.

[–] supafuzz@hexbear.net 17 points 6 months ago

yeah keeping the fash out but not actually, y'know, putting someone else in is just going to lead to a series of crippling political crises

I wonder if fascists have ever capitalized on those before