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France's Macron dissolves parliament, calls new elections (www.dw.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

let the RN govern until 2027 in the hope they flaceplant hard enough

I can see how this would make sense but isn't 3 years a bit too short to set up policies and face their consequences? They would have to fail over short-term stuff and unpopular decisions, which (as much as I despise them with every fiber of my body) I don't think they would be dumb enough to do.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

A minority government is almost guaranteed to fail, and that's theoretically bound to make them unpopular (as it has with every prime minister of Macron's second mandate).

However, this could backfire if they have a majority. It could also backfire because voters are not necessarily that dumb and might just see through this charade. If anyone can handwave piss-poor performance away, it's the RN.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

They'll just blame LFI for everything that goes wrong, it works for Macron, why not them.