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Macron basically just re-branded the socialist party, which wasn't exactly popular. And while his optics may be better than Le Pen, Trump or whoever, France st
by Mikeb85 9y ago
Macron basically just re-branded the socialist party, which wasn't exactly popular. And while his optics may be better than Le Pen, Trump or whoever, France still has deep economic and social problems, and a continuation of the status quo is unlikely to change that.
- elygre 9y agoMy French friends would choke over that statement. To themm Macron is fairly right wing, with little connection to the socialist party. Of course, with the way the election system works, once you were in the final round, it was macron or the devil, and most socialists went with macron,
- Mikeb85 9y agoHow is he right wing? He was the economy minister for Hollande...
- wott 9y agoThat is not incompatible.
- maxsilver 9y ago> How is he right wing This would be a start : https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-29/the-french-president-is-spending-his-summer-fighting-unions https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-29/the-frenc...
- byroot 9y agoYes, but Hollande, while branded as a left wings, had a fairly center / center right politic. Macron is similar but even more on the right. The Parti Socialiste, basically imploded because of the size of the ideological gap between it's left and right wings. A bit like the british labour, with the gap between Blair and Corbyn.