In Snap Election, French Left Forms Alliance To Counter Far Right and Neoliberals - eviltoast
  • Ethalis@jlai.lu
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    5 months ago

    Just out of curiosity, is it commonly thought outside of France that Macron is anywhere close to left-wing ?

    He’s been campaigning for a week on a plateforme that’s basically just “The left is just as bad as the far right”, several of his ministers have clearly stated that they would vote blank in case of a duel between the left and the far-right in the runoffs, and he’s repeatedly called the left a “danger for democracy”

      • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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        5 months ago

        he’s centre left

        He’s corporate. Socially liberal on paper, but fully owned and operated by French monied interests.

        the left has a lot of the same problems as the right

        Sure. They keep cutting into Macron’s electoral margins, like a bunch of assholes.